Mongondow

Introduction

Mongondow is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in North Sulawesi Province. North peninsula, both coasts; north side from Poigar town west to Bijaj river; south side, between Pinolosian town and west of Belang town.

Dialects

Dumoga, Lolayan, Passi.

The Mongondow Verb

Verblist

• langoy

• [m]agiʔ -- to come
• arab -- to throw
• baŋit -- to bite
• bayaʔ -- to walk
• botak -- to split
• bukaʔ, bukat -- to open, uncover
• dapuŋ -- to burn
• domok -- to hold
• duduʔ -- to fall
• kaan -- to eat
• kosiŋ -- to laugh
• laŋui -- to swim
• lituʔ -- to sit
• liu -- to turn
• l-um-ayug -- to fly
• matoi -- to die, be dead
• mo-biag -- to grow
• mo-biag -- to live, be alive
• mo-bo-bagaʔ -- to swell
• mo-dodok -- to pound, beat
• mo-duŋuʔ -- to cook
• mog-alow -- to hunt
• mo-gamal -- to work
• mog-asaŋ -- to tie up, fasten
• mog-dagum -- to sew
• mo-gina -- to breathe
• mog-irup -- to blow
• mog-ontob -- to think
• mo-gorod -- to squeeze
• mo-ïlig -- to flow
• mo-kali -- to dig
• moko-doŋog -- to hear
• mo-kukud -- to scratch
• mo-miliʔ -- to choose
• mo-miot -- to shoot
• mo-mula -- to plant
• mo-muni -- to hide
• mo-nagaʔ -- to cut, hack
• mo-nakow -- to steal
• mon-duyaʔ -- to spit
• moŋ-iap -- to count
• moŋ-inum -- to drink
• moŋ-ombal -- to cry
• moŋ-ontoŋ -- to see
• moŋ-oŋ-uab -- to yawn
• mo-ondok -- to fear
• mo-ponik -- to climb
• mo-siug -- to sleep
• mo-taau -- to know, be knowledgeable
• mo-talui -- to buy
• moto-tukaʔ -- to vomit
• paŋkul -- to hit
• patoi -- to kill
• sindog -- to stand
• siug -- to lie down
• toŋut -- to sniff, smell
• topaʔ -- to chew
• tumbal -- to stab, pierce
• t-um-ogo-ïnop -- to dream
• t-um-otop -- to suck
• uman -- to say