Mori Bawah
Facts
- Language: Mori Bawah
- Alternate names: Beneden-Tomori, East Mori, Lower Mori, Nahina, Oost-Mori, Petasia
- Language code: xmz
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Eastern Celebic, Southeastern Celebic, Bungku-Tolaki, Eastern Bungku-Tolaki, East Coast Bungku-Tolaki
- Number of speakers: 14000
- Script:
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Introduction
Mori Bawah is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Central Sulawesi Province, Petasia, Lembo, and Bungku Tengah subdistricts, 24 villages. Southeast peninsula neck, Lake Towuti area. Also, South Sulawesi Province.
Dialects
Karunsi’e (Karonsie, Korongsi, Sinongko), Moiki (Tomoiki), Nuha (Soroako), Tinompo (Mokole, Soroako), Tiu (Tioe), Watu (Towatoe). Lexical similarity: 73%–86% with Mori Atas (See: Mori Atas), 75% with Padoe (See: Padoe).
The Mori Bawah Verb
Verblist
- hawe
- kaa
- lou
- ndio
- paho
- pensiro
- rau
- tahu
- tuu
- doito -- to fear
- dumodoŋko, mentoro, tumotoro -- to sit
- haβe, hawe, leu -- to come
- kamba -- to swell
- koleelendo, meledo, melendoako, melendoʔako, melenoako, mepombole -- to lie down
- kolua-lua, melua, telua -- to vomit
- lumaa, membiri, menee -- to fly
- mate -- to die, be dead
- mebee, meŋese -- to cry
- mekaru -- to scratch
- mekiki, memamaki, moŋkiki -- to bite
- mekoana, memaŋgoli -- to turn
- melempa, melenipa -- to walk
- memaali -- to yawn
- menaa -- to breathe
- mentade, mentido, metade -- to stand
- mepau, mopau -- to say
- mepuuri -- to blow
- metadiakono, tumadio -- to throw
- metoa, te'onta -- to fall
- metotaa, meŋiŋisi, mohoho, motao, mototaa -- to laugh
- mewowoloo, mompewowolo -- to think
- mewuatako -- to climb
- mewuni -- to hide
- meʔeli, meʔonui -- to spit
- mobansi -- to split
- mobiniki -- to choose
- modoa -- to count
- momamaki -- to chew
- mompaho -- to plant
- mompaiki -- to squeeze
- mompana -- to shoot
- mompepate -- to kill
- mompole -- to cut, hack
- monahu -- to cook
- monako -- to steal
- monaŋoi, s[um]owe, sumoɸe, sumoβe, sumoPe -- to swim
- monseu -- to sew
- monsoru, montunu, sumoŋko -- to burn
- montobo -- to stab, pierce
- montunduhi -- to hit
- mo'ŋga -- to work
- moŋgaa, moŋkaa -- to eat
- moŋgito, moŋkii, moŋkita -- to see
- moŋkelee -- to dig
- moroŋe, moroŋo -- to hear
- moturi -- to sleep
- mowemba -- to hunt
- mowowoo -- to sniff, smell
- mowutu -- to tie up, fasten
- moʔini -- to hold
- moʔinu, moinu -- to drink
- moʔipi, moipi -- to dream
- moʔisa -- to pound, beat
- moʔoli -- to buy
- moʔoso -- to suck
- moʔuŋkahi -- to open, uncover
- t[um]o'orio, toʔori, toʔorio -- to know, be knowledgeable
- tuwu -- to grow
- tuwu -- to live, be alive
- umule -- to flow