Masiwang

Introduction

Masiwang is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Maluku Province, Bula district. Seram island; area along northeast coast, up from Waru bay.

Dialects

Lexical similarity: 44% with Bobot (See: Bobot), 43% with Salas (See: Salas?), 39% with Sepa (See: Sepa?) and Teluti (See: Teluti?), 36% with Liana Seti (See: Liana-Seti?) and Yalahatan (See: Yalahatan?).

The Masiwang Verb

Verblist

• [rekiŋ], woʔis -- to count
• [uha]uoho, fikir -- to think
• a-loka, b|loka -- to hear
• b|a, ʔita -- to see
• badali -- to choose
• bai, bait -- to flow
• bakasoma, tula -- to sew
• bakatáu -- to plant
• balak -- to open, uncover
• balat, fas -- to buy
• bana, tuin -- to shoot
• basavunin -- to hide
• bat, siet -- to split
• batafenen, vane|ta -- to know, be knowledgeable
• beba, fetōf -- to spit
• bi|vawa -- to swell
• biat, leit -- to hit
• -bufmauk, mulit liʔet -- to sniff, smell
• burburiŋ, nimeh -- to lie down
• butar, fulis, hali-hali-n -- to turn
• da:, tasa -- to cut, hack
• dau, dutṿ, tōi -- to throw
• dei, fan sèli -- to work
• devat, taha, toi -- to stab, pierce
• div, rihi -- to fly
• doman, siet -- to hold
• dula, fatan, lēn -- to say
• dun, lut, tuin -- to burn
• dutṿ, tutu -- to pound, beat
• duʷat, tuot -- to sit
• foron, lefa -- to squeeze
• fusa, vakavela -- to hunt
• huin, vunṿ -- to kill
• kahalée, mana: -- to steal
• kali, -masa -- to cook
• kalṿ -- to dig
• kasat, kat -- to bite
• ken, kān -- to eat
• ke-nani, nakụ -- to swim
• ko, lowo-lowot -- to walk
• ko|lan, kolan -- to stand
• kʷas, pala|kasa -- to scratch
• lihen, meka -- to live, be alive
• -lua, lua-k -- to vomit
• luti, nu: -- to blow
• mama -- to chew
• manīf, mnif -- to dream
• mata -- to die, be dead
• maʔe ma, mamawa -- to yawn
• meka, rubi -- to grow
• menahei, mnav -- to fall
• -mesi, minowa -- to breathe
• mi-toi, mtait -- to fear
• mli, wali -- to laugh
• moit, sosa -- to suck
• mtolṿ, nime -- to sleep
• n|inṿ, nimin -- to drink
• nafit, tes -- to tie up, fasten
• rakit, takit -- to cry
• sa:, sā -- to climb
• slot -- to come