Palu’e

Introduction

Palu’e is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in East Nusa Tenggara Province. Palu’e island, north of central Flores island. North coast, Flores mainland, northwest of Maumere, Nangahure village.

Dialects

Possible grouping with Ende (See: Ende) and Li’o (See: Li’o?) languages; marginal intelligibility of Li’o.

The Palu’e Verb

Verblist

• b'alu -- to hit
• b'uka, phadʒa -- to swell
• kadʒu kha, lila -- to burn
• keve -- to hold
• kha -- to eat
• khadʒe -- to scratch
• khali -- to dig
• khəla -- to split
• khəre -- to stand
• khira -- to count
• khuʔa -- to work
• lai -- to fly
• leva, thəb'a -- to throw
• lie, phela -- to see
• liʔo, tšhira -- to open, uncover
• mai -- to come
• mama -- to chew
• mata -- to die, be dead
• moʔo, moke, musu -- to suck
• mula -- to plant
• muta -- to vomit
• naka -- to steal
• naŋu -- to swim
• nəb'ethó -- to hide
• nəra -- to think
• nib'i -- to dream
• ninu -- to drink
• nodo -- to sit
• nugu, thike -- to tie up, fasten
• nuva -- to grow
• ŋaʔo -- to bite
• ŋgoe -- to turn
• ŋiru -- to spit
• ŋoa -- to yawn
• ŋuru -- to sniff, smell
• oga -- to fall
• pəsa -- to cook
• phadʒu -- to pound, beat
• phadʒu, su -- to stab, pierce
• phana -- to walk
• phədʒa -- to squeeze
• phere (tšhoro) -- to flow
• phəta -- to buy
• phili -- to choose
• phuna mata -- to kill
• təŋa -- to fear
• teʔi, teki -- to sew
• thaŋi -- to cry
• thava -- to laugh
• the -- to hear
• thika -- to cut, hack
• thire -- to blow
• thuka -- to climb
• thuli -- to lie down
• thuli -- to sleep
• tšhub'e -- to shoot
• tšib'o -- to say
• tšuʔu -- to know, be knowledgeable