Malay, Ambonese
Facts
- Language: Malay, Ambonese
- Alternate names: Ambonese, Ambong, Malayu Ambon, Moluccan (Maluku) Malay
- Language code: abs
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Sumbawan, North and East Malayo-Sumbawan, Malayic, Vehicular Malay, Eastern Indonesia Trade Malay, Ambonic Malay
- Creole language
- Number of speakers: 200000
- Script:
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Introduction
Malay, Ambonese is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Maluku Province. Central area: Ambon, Haruku, Nusa Laut, and Saparua islands; coastal areas of Seram island. Southern area: northwest Aru island group, Wamar island. Also in Netherlands, United States.
Dialects
Dobo Malay. Marginal intelligibility with Indonesian (See: Indonesian). Difficult intelligibility with North Moluccan Malay (See: Malay, North Moluccan); speakers switch to Indonesian. Lexical similarity: 81% with Indonesian (See: Indonesian). Banda Malay (See: Malay, Banda?) may best be considered a dialect of Moluccan Malay (See: Malay, North Moluccan).
The Malay, Ambonese Verb
Verblist
- abis
- acu
- ada
- ajar
- ajar-ajar
- aju
- aju-aju
- akar-akar
- akort
- alamana
- ambel
- ambor
- asar
- baabu
- baakar
- belajar
- cake
- dangar
- dangsa
- lia
- makang
- mule
- not
- pi
- pigi
- pung
- sono
- war
- badiri -- to stand
- bajalaŋ -- to walk
- bakar -- to burn
- bála -- to split
- báli -- to buy
- banapas -- to breathe
- baŋka -- to swell
- bapikir -- to think
- barnaŋ -- to swim
- basambuñi -- to hide
- bilaŋ -- to say
- buaŋ -- to throw
- buka -- to open, uncover
- bunu -- to kill
- cioŋ -- to sniff, smell
- dataŋ -- to come
- deŋar -- to hear
- duduk -- to sit
- gali -- to dig
- garu -- to scratch
- gigi -- to bite
- giliŋ -- to pound, beat
- hidop -- to live, be alive
- ika -- to tie up, fasten
- isap -- to suck
- itoŋ -- to count
- jato -- to fall
- kárja -- to work
- kuña -- to chew
- lia -- to see
- loko -- to hold
- luda -- to spit
- makaŋ -- to eat
- mamasa -- to cook
- manaŋis -- to cry
- mancari -- to hunt
- mancuri -- to steal
- manjai -- to sew
- maŋalir -- to flow
- maŋuap -- to yawn
- mati -- to die, be dead
- meŋo -- to turn
- mimpi -- to dream
- minɔŋ -- to drink
- munta -- to vomit
- nae -- to climb
- pasaŋ -- to shoot
- pili -- to choose
- potɔŋ -- to cut, hack
- pukol -- to hit
- sono -- to sleep
- taku -- to fear
- talantaŋ -- to lie down
- taŋaŋ -- to plant
- tárbaŋ -- to fly
- tatawa -- to laugh
- tau -- to know, be knowledgeable
- tikaŋ -- to stab, pierce
- tiop -- to blow
- tumbu -- to grow