Nias

Introduction

Nias is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in North Sumatra Province. Nias, Batu islands off west coast. Northwest dialect: Alasa area, west in Sirombu and Mandrehe areas; Central dialect: Gomo area, south in Teluk Dalam and Batu islands.

Dialects

Central Nias, North Nias (Gunung Sitoli), Northwest Nias, South Nias, West Nias.

The Nias Verb

Verblist

• a
• afökhö
• ahele nasi
• alui
• ata'u
• atulö
• baso
• be'e
• bini'ö
• bohou
• bunu
• bötö
• faigi
• feta'u
• fili
• ila
• inu
• kaoni
• moloi
• moloyo
• mondri
• mowua
• muhede
• muhombo
• möi
• mörö
• o'ö
• ohe
• rongo
• sofu
• sökhi
• tagu
• tagö
• tanö
• taʼunö
• tibo'ö
• tölö
• usu
• waö
• öli
• ŵa'ö

• [b]õli -- to buy
• afu, tagu -- to sew
• ago -- to sniff, smell
• alu -- to hunt
• bao, mu-lõta -- to swell
• biniʔõ -- to hide
• boka -- to open, uncover
• bugõ -- to tie up, fasten
• bunu -- to kill
• dao -- to sit
• fana -- to shoot
• fanõ -- to walk
• faya -- to count
• fera -- to squeeze
• fili -- to choose
• handro, tebu -- to throw
• huta, tata -- to cut, hack
• ifi -- to dream
• ila -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ila -- to see
• ilo -- to spit
• ilo -- to work
• inu -- to drink
• koʔo -- to dig
• lõma, rino -- to cook
• luʔa, tagõ -- to steal
• maŋamaŋa -- to eat
• ma-oso -- to stand
• mate -- to die, be dead
• meʔe, mo-weŋuweŋu -- to cry
• mo-bura -- to blow
• mo-hanuhanu -- to breathe
• mo-hohou -- to flow
• mõi -- to come
• mo-laŋi -- to swim
• mo-noso -- to live, be alive
• mo-ŋaŋa -- to chew
• m-õrõ -- to sleep
• mu-hombo -- to fly
• m-uta -- to vomit
• nõi -- to climb
• oxõ, tuyu -- to hold
• roŋo -- to hear
• sila, weha -- to split
• siõ -- to suck
• tanõ, taru -- to plant
• taw̃a -- to laugh
• taʔu -- to fear
• tifa -- to hit
• toru -- to fall
• tunu -- to burn
• tuo -- to stab, pierce
• tutu -- to pound, beat
• usu -- to bite
• wai -- to think
• w̃aʔõ -- to say
• xaʔa -- to scratch