Sangir

Introduction

Sangir is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in North Sulawesi Province. Northwest of east end of peninsula, Great Sangir island. Also in Philippines.

Dialects

Manganitu (Tamako), Siau (Sjauw), Tabukang (Tabukan), Tagulandang (Tahulandang), Taruna (Tahuna).

The Sangir Verb

Verblist

• aidɨq, ma-nariʔ -- to cut, hack
• asiʔ, asiq, maŋ-asiʔ -- to plant
• aβiq, awiʔ -- to climb
• baḷioβang, m-ioi -- to dream
• bangka, baŋka -- to dig
• biahĕʔ -- to live, be alive
• bɨli, bĕlli -- to buy
• buka, bukaq -- to open, uncover
• buni -- to hide
• darisiʔ, darisiq, tigohĕʔ -- to stand
• dekeng, mĕ-tiaʔ -- to count
• dĕmmaʔ -- to lie down
• dingihɨq, diŋiheʔ -- to hear
• dumaḷeng, d-um-aley -- to walk
• elehĕʔ, sɬgaq -- to flow
• gaḷɨq, mĕ-halĕʔ -- to work
• gepeʔ, gepeq -- to sew
• hamau -- to swell
• hĕŋeʔ -- to split
• ɨdu, maŋ-ĕdu -- to spit
• ikiʔ, ikiq -- to tie up, fasten
• imbu -- to sniff, smell
• inung, inuŋ -- to drink
• kaho, katiq -- to scratch
• kalang, kalaŋ -- to swim
• kia, saŋiʔ -- to cry
• kiki -- to bite
• kiolabĕʔ, ngoyalabɣ -- to yawn
• kuĕŋ, mɨqbera -- to say
• kumaɨng, k-um-aeŋ -- to eat
• leang, susuʔ -- to stab, pierce
• lɨge, lĕge -- to laugh
• lutaq, tĕtuʔ -- to pound, beat
• mahi, mawuna -- to come
• maiang, maiaŋ -- to sit
• mamaing, sĕpa -- to chew
• ma-nawo, tɨnaq -- to fall
• maŋ-ĕnna, tinɣna -- to think
• mate, nate -- to die, be dead
• me-lutaŋ -- to shoot
• mɨnganuq, mĕnahusu, mĕŋanuʔ, -sahusu -- to hunt
• mɨngumbeleq, meŋumbeleʔ -- to hold
• muta, m-uta -- to vomit
• pakahinoq, tutu -- to hit
• pakasasaʔ, pakasasaq, sumanhoka -- to cook
• paḷoq, paloʔ -- to throw
• pate -- to kill
• pɨha, pĕha -- to squeeze
• pile -- to choose
• silo -- to see
• sindaʔ, suminda -- to breathe
• singkaq, siŋkaʔ -- to know, be knowledgeable
• sɨsuq, sĕsuʔ -- to suck
• tako -- to steal
• takuʔ, takuq -- to fear
• tikiʔ, tikiq -- to sleep
• tɨlaq, tĕlaʔ -- to fly
• tɨnung, tiriŋ -- to turn
• tiuʔ, tiuq -- to blow
• t-um-uwo -- to grow
• tutung, tutuŋ -- to burn