Mori Atas
Facts
- Language: Mori Atas
- Alternate names: Aikoa, Berg-Tomori, Boven-Mori, Upper Mori, West Mori
- Language code: mzq
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Eastern Celebic, Southeastern Celebic, Bungku-Tolaki, Western Bungku-Tolaki, Interior Bungku-Tolaki
- Number of speakers: 14000
- Script:
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Introduction
Mori Atas is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Central Sulawesi Province, Mori Atas, Lembo, and Petasia subdistricts, 25 villages. Southeast peninsula neck, southeast of Lake Paso; into South Sulawesi Province, Nuha subdistrict.
Dialects
Impo, Molio’a, Molongkuni, Tambee (Ajo, South Mori, Tambee, Zuid-Mori), Ulu Uwoi. Lexical similarity: 73%–86% with Mori Bawah (See: Mori Bawah) and Padoe (See: Padoe).
The Mori Atas Verb
Verblist
- haβe -- to come
- lumolako -- to walk
- mate -- to die, be dead
- mekulekule, melua, mesulesule -- to vomit
- meledo, melengolengo, mepombole, moturituri -- to lie down
- menee -- to fly
- mentido, metade -- to stand
- metunda -- to sit
- meʔeli, meʔonui -- to spit
- meʔie, meiβi -- to cry
- moaβa, mogele, motao -- to laugh
- mohori, moroŋo -- to hear
- moipi -- to dream
- monaŋoi, sumoPe -- to swim
- mondulura, mopau -- to say
- monsoru, sumoŋko -- to burn
- moŋgaa -- to eat
- moŋgito -- to see
- moturi -- to sleep
- moʔinu -- to drink
- moʔusa -- to pound, beat
- toʔori -- to know, be knowledgeable