Manggarai

Introduction

Manggarai is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in East Nusa Tenggara Province. Flores island, western third.

Dialects

Central Manggarai (Ruteng), Eastern Manggarai, West-Central Manggarai, Western Manggarai. Around 43 subdialects. Similar to Riung (See: Riung?).

The Manggarai Verb

Verblist

• rabut
• ukir

• akit -- to bite
• aŋiŋ -- to swim
• bara -- to swell
• berit -- to lie down
• bilaŋ -- to count
• boné, lépéŋ -- to hide
• cace -- to dig
• cahir -- to split
• cai, mai -- to come
• cau, pekeŋ -- to hold
• ceka, dus, jelok -- to stab, pierce
• céŋka, wuka -- to open, uncover
• curup -- to say
• déntér -- to cut, hack
• deŋé -- to hear
• gori -- to work
• haŋ -- to eat
• hesé -- to stand
• inuŋ -- to drink
• ipo -- to spit
• isuk -- to sniff, smell
• jaʔik -- to sew
• kedur, kejé -- to squeeze
• koér -- to scratch
• lako -- to walk
• lélap -- to fly
• lelo -- to see
• lir, pilé -- to choose
• lonto -- to sit
• mama -- to chew
• mata -- to die, be dead
• mbele -- to kill
• mecol -- to suck
• mosé -- to live, be alive
• nai -- to breathe
• nipi -- to dream
• nuk -- to think
• ŋgepuk -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ŋoap -- to yawn
• ŋobaŋ -- to hunt
• pake -- to throw
• pana -- to shoot
• paʔu -- to fall
• poŋo -- to tie up, fasten
• pur -- to blow
• rantaŋ -- to fear
• rétaŋ -- to cry
• roa -- to vomit
• seléko -- to turn
• tako -- to steal
• tapa -- to burn
• tawa -- to laugh
• teneŋ -- to cook
• todo -- to grow
• toko -- to sleep
• tuk -- to pound, beat
• tuké -- to climb
• waʔa -- to flow
• wego -- to hit
• weli -- to buy
• weri -- to plant