Ngad’a
Facts
- Language: Ngad’a
- Alternate names: Badjava, Bajava, Bajawa, Nad’a, Ngada, Nga’da, Ngadha, Rokka
- Language code: nxg
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Bima-Lembata, Flores-Sumba-Hawu, Flores Barat, Central Flores-Paluqe, Central Flores, Ngada
- Number of speakers: 60000
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Ngad’a is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in East Nusa Tenggara Province. South central Flores island, between Manggarai (See: Manggarai), Ende (See: Ende), and Li’o (See: Li’o?) language areas.
Dialects
Bajawa, Central Ngada, South Ngada. Dialect diversity.
The Ngad’a Verb
Verblist
- béo, toa -- to know, be knowledgeable
- béré -- to flow
- beya -- to fly
- bheso, susu, temo -- to suck
- bodu -- to fall
- davé -- to hold
- davi -- to stand
- gaga, ŋo -- to work
- gé -- to count
- gégé -- to open, uncover
- inu -- to drink
- iso -- to see
- ka -- to eat
- kaci, kela, kocé -- to dig
- kasi -- to scratch
- kégé, kiki -- to bite
- kili -- to turn
- kuku, oté -- to squeeze
- laa -- to walk
- mai -- to come
- mama, ŋadzu -- to chew
- mata -- to die, be dead
- maté -- to kill
- maya, siu, vé -- to think
- mézé -- to grow
- mizo -- to fear
- moca -- to yawn
- moku -- to sit
- mula -- to plant
- muta -- to vomit
- muzi -- to live, be alive
- naci -- to climb
- nade -- to lie down
- nade -- to sleep
- naka -- to steal
- naŋi -- to cry
- naŋu -- to swim
- nasu, pedhé, zaka -- to cook
- néi, roca, vuca -- to burn
- nipi -- to dream
- ŋaci -- to breathe
- pako -- to cut, hack
- pasa -- to shoot
- pia, vela -- to hit
- pili, sili -- to choose
- punu -- to say
- raku, zéi -- to sew
- rati -- to tie up, fasten
- si -- to swell
- sono -- to hide
- tawa -- to laugh
- tébi -- to pound, beat
- tefa -- to spit
- vacu -- to sniff, smell
- vela -- to split
- veli -- to buy
- vuca -- to throw
- vuta -- to stab, pierce
- za -- to hunt
- zeŋé -- to hear
- zupi -- to blow