Modang
Facts
- Language: Modang
- Alternate names:
- Language code: mxd
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo Malayo-Polynesian, Kayan-Murik-Modang, Modang-Segai
- Number of speakers: 15300
- Script: Category
More information:
Introduction
Modang is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in East Kalimantan Province. 5 enclaves, upper reaches of the Mahakam, Segah, Kelinjau, and Belayan rivers.
Dialects
Benehes, Kelingan (Long Wai, Long We), Liah Bing, Long Bento’, Long Glat, Nahes.
The Modang Verb
Verblist
- bɛa -- to climb
- blom -- to live, be alive
- bu' -- to grow
- əmbə -- to open, uncover
- əmnɛa -- to walk
- əmnul -- to flow
- əmpa' -- to chew
- əmpə -- to pound, beat
- əmpi|n -- to dream
- əndam -- to plant
- əndu' -- to sleep
- əndung -- to cut, hack
- əngkam -- to hold
- əngkə -- to hide
- əngkɛa -- to steal
- ənjik -- to suck
- ənjo' -- to swim
- ənkiɛt -- to dig
- ənli' -- to see
- ənliə -- to buy
- ənsə -- to count
- ənsiə -- to say
- ənsiəl -- to throw
- ənta' -- to split
- əntəp -- to bite
- əntoh -- to stab, pierce
- əntong -- to hit
- əntua' -- to vomit
- əntung -- to burn
- hay -- to come
- hu', mun -- to eat
- kəlo' -- to laugh
- ləwas -- to die, be dead
- lɛng tlung -- to hunt
- mbu -- to sniff, smell
- mdo' -- to turn
- mək -- to drink
- mənah -- to shoot
- məngsɛak -- to cook
- mətaɛ -- to kill
- mléang -- to fly
- na'hu' -- to work
- nəhut -- to sew
- nəkjang -- to stand
- nəmuak -- to think
- nəngɛs -- to cry
- nəp -- to blow
- nəploa' -- to spit
- ngəhjing -- to hear
- ngəjəb -- to scratch
- ngəla' -- to lie down
- ngəli' -- to choose
- ngəpas -- to tie up, fasten
- ngəpis -- to squeeze
- ngəs ngiang -- to breathe
- ngo -- to sit
- nguə -- to yawn
- pkut -- to fear
- plung -- to swell
- ptɛng -- to know, be knowledgeable
- tə'ɛak -- to fall