Sahu

Introduction

Sahu is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in North Maluku Province. North Halmahera island, southwestern coast, Jailolo town area.

Dialects

Pa’disua (Palisua), Tala’i. Similar to Waioli (See: Waioli?) and Gamkonora (See: Gamkonora?).

The Sahu Verb

Verblist

• 'elingi
• baḏu
• besa'a
• oromo
• ruku
• sarangati
• sidete
• tola'a
• wo'olo

• 'a'di -- to cry
• agara, ngomasa -- to breathe
• 'ahu, tegoro -- to live, be alive
• ajele -- to say
• 'atama, co'o, keletongo, poloso -- to squeeze
• ba'du, cobo, gu'u, te'oso -- to hold
• banyatoro, hagi, tibo -- to buy
• 'bau'u, daene, nga'unu -- to hit
• bolóto, kumu'du'u, pagara -- to lie down
• bounu, mela, tumese -- to sniff, smell
• 'bowis, pata'golo -- to suck
• cama, coi, mou'du -- to chew
• dadi, konyo, ramasa -- to grow
• dingiara, ngara, suru'u -- to hunt
• dini -- to sew
• dodato, mojongo -- to fear
• 'doroga, kou, oromo, tabu -- to eat
• dowanga, eta'a, ruba, turono -- to fall
• 'duiti, karangoso, ware -- to scratch
• duka -- to think
• dusu'u, fiufiu, hoa, wusu -- to blow
• 'era, coi, rara'a -- to cook
• falo, otomo, paiti -- to dig
• ga'di, tubu'u -- to bite
• gogono, tamunu, tori'i -- to hide
• i'ara, tabu -- to shoot
• 'isene -- to hear
• jamang, wa'di'i, welanga ,woi'i -- to open, uncover
• ka'e -- to drink
• lalai'i, otu -- to sleep
• mu'da'ata, ngopiri, obi'i -- to spit
• naná'o, sinyingara, waro -- to know, be knowledgeable
• nanele -- to dream
• ngunanga -- to vomit
• nyelo'o -- to laugh
• nyiutu, selo, ta'olo -- to tie up, fasten
• o'di'i -- to see
• osama -- to come
• otomo, sala, so'ana, topo'o, tuju'u -- to plant
• palata, poporo, raca -- to split
• palene, pere, sasolo -- to climb
• poini, sagu, tibako -- to throw
• poló'do -- to swell
• roimi -- to count
• romene, siru, tau'u -- to burn
• rotu, tutu'u -- to pound, beat
• sasolo, turono -- to flow
• sengene -- to die, be dead
• sengene, to'omara -- to kill
• soloro -- to fly
• tegoro -- to sit
• tobongo -- to swim
• topo'o -- to stab, pierce
• tori'i -- to steal