Ngaju

Introduction

Ngaju is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Central Kalimantan Province. Upper reaches or headwaters of Kapuas, Kahayan, Katingan, and Mentaya rivers.

Dialects

Ba’amang (Bara-Bare, Sampit), Kahayan, Kahayan Kapuas, Katingan Ngaju, Katingan Ngawa, Mantangai (Oloh Mangtangai), Pulopetak. Related to Bakumpai (See: Bakumpai?). Lexical similarity: 75% with Bakumpai (See: Bakumpai?), 62% with Kohin (See: Kohin?), 50% with Ot Danum (See: Ot Danum), 35% with Banjar (See: Banjar).

The Ngaju Verb

Verblist

• belum
• dumah
• ihup
• kuman
• masa
• masah
• panggang
• tulak
• ukur

• bagawi, baqawi -- to work
• bakehu, mamapoi -- to burn
• balum-barigas, belum -- to live, be alive
• bapikir -- to think
• barapi, maluntuh, mampakasak, manjuhu -- to cook
• batiruh -- to sleep
• belum, tumbu, tumbu' -- to grow
• dumah -- to come
• gite, manampayah, mite' -- to see
• hamauh -- to say
• hamis, mahamis, micik -- to squeeze
• hanangoi, hanangui -- to swim
• himun, mahambus, mahimun -- to blow
• imbing, mimbing -- to hold
• ise, mise, mise' -- to count
• jipak, manyipa', n'jipak, ngunyah, simpa -- to chew
• katawa'a, katawam -- to know, be knowledgeable
• katawe, tatawe, tatawe' -- to laugh
• kembang, manqembanq -- to swell
• kuman -- to eat
• lumpat, mandai, mandai', manyakei -- to climb
• mahaseng, manahaseng -- to breathe
• mahasur -- to flow
• mahining, manyeneh -- to hear
• mahiwang, mules, mules ka gantau -- to turn
• mahurung, mandup, manyelek, mengan, mimpa -- to hunt
• malalap -- to yawn
• maluja, maluyah -- to spit
• mamanah, manem bak -- to shoot
• mamangkit, mangirut, manqirut -- to bite
• mamanjung, mananjung -- to walk
• mamatum, manamqis, manangis, manatum -- to cry
• mambewau, manyingut, manyium, singut -- to sniff, smell
• mameteng, manjarat, me-teng, nali -- to tie up, fasten
• mamili', mili -- to buy
• mampatei -- to kill
• mamukul, mangkong, melang, metoppetop -- to hit
• manakau, nakaw -- to steal
• manepe', tempe -- to pound, beat
• manetek -- to cut, hack
• mangali, manqali -- to dig
• manggaruk, manggayaw, manqqayau -- to scratch
• manjakah, medak -- to throw
• manjatu, manjatu' -- to fall
• manupi -- to dream
• manyahukan, menyahukan, sahukan -- to hide
• manyila -- to split
• manyuduk, munu -- to stab, pierce
• matei, nihaw -- to die, be dead
• mendeng -- to stand
• menter, penter -- to lie down
• mihup -- to drink
• mikeh -- to fear
• mimbul -- to plant
• mintih -- to choose
• minyop, minyup -- to suck
• mitur, mitur[mamitur] -- to sew
• muap, mukei -- to open, uncover
• munduk -- to sit
• muta, muta' -- to vomit
• tarawang, tarawanq -- to fly