Oirata

Introduction

Oirata is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Southwestern Maluku Province, southeast Kisar island, east and west Oirata. 2 villages; Ambon city.

Dialects

Not related to other languages on Oirata or to central Maluku languages. Not closely related to languages in East Timor.

The Oirata Verb

Verblist

• a emu -- to yawn
• a ile -- to choose
• amsoru, amu e -- to sniff, smell
• 'aria -- to bite
• aria, kise -- to chew
• atare, hati -- to split
• ederemu, kirakira -- to think
• elere -- to flow
• ene -- to say
• ete yamoi -- to climb
• haule -- to swell
• hihele, tapale, uda -- to hit
• huhume, tutepe -- to blow
• huye -- to cook
• i muna more -- to lie down
• 'ihilɛ -- to fly
• ilaike -- to throw
• ile, rakite -- to tie up, fasten
• iliare -- to turn
• 'ipa -- to fall
• kaure -- to dig
• kausa'ʔupa -- to spit
• 'kele -- to laugh
• kikre -- to fear
• 'lalarɛ -- to walk
• laulause -- to live, be alive
• lo ire -- to hide
• 'maʔu -- to come
• 'mete -- to eat
• misi -- to grow
• misi -- to plant
• na e -- to breathe
• 'natarɛ -- to stand
• na'warɛ -- to know, be knowledgeable
• 'naʔajɛ -- to swim
• noure -- to hunt
• ooye -- to steal
• 'ote -- to vomit
• pa le -- to hold
• pote -- to cut, hack
• 'saurɛ -- to cry
• sirwisi pai -- to work
• solorrapa -- to stab, pierce
• taa -- to count
• tahule -- to buy
• 'taija -- to sleep
• tapa -- to shoot
• timese -- to suck
• timin kelese -- to squeeze
• tute -- to pound, beat
• 'tutu -- to drink
• u'hute -- to scratch
• ulaye, uturana -- to burn
• 'umu -- to die, be dead
• una'mira -- to sit
• upa'rana -- to dream
• urahai -- to open, uncover
• uta'umu -- to kill
• uute -- to sew
• 'wari -- to hear
• 'wataʔe -- to see