Sika

Introduction

Sika is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in East Nusa Tenggara Province. East Flores island, between Li’o (See: Li’o?) and Lamaholot (See: Lamaholot) language areas.

Dialects

Sara Krowe (Central Sikka), Sikka Natar (Kangaé, South Coast Sikka), Tana Ai. Wide linguistic and cultural variation.

The Sika Verb

Verblist

• apiŋ -- to count
• ba -- to flow
• baat -- to plant
• bai -- to pound, beat
• bana -- to shoot
• bano -- to walk
• batar -- to cut, hack
• bati -- to kill
• bati, deniʔ -- to hit
• bea -- to open, uncover
• beta, tutur -- to say
• bete -- to tie up, fasten
• beweŋ -- to hunt
• blau -- to fear
• bohik-bowaŋ, towek -- to swell
• boter -- to buy
• dani -- to cry
• deri -- to sit
• duʔé -- to lie down
• duʔé -- to sleep
• ela[ŋ] -- to fall
• ga -- to eat
• gali -- to dig
• garo -- to scratch
• gera[ŋ] -- to stand
• gii -- to bite
• gita -- to see
• guʔa -- to work
• haʔe, léma -- to climb
• holo -- to burn
• horoŋ -- to fly
• huk -- to think
• kelak -- to split
• lii -- to choose
• mai -- to come
• mama -- to chew
• mate -- to die, be dead
• mipi[ŋ] -- to dream
• moa -- to yawn
• moret -- to live, be alive
• muta -- to vomit
• naiŋ -- to breathe
• nani -- to swim
• ninu -- to drink
• niru -- to spit
• pera -- to squeeze
• peraŋ, pura -- to cook
• piru [-heŋok] -- to sniff, smell
• plého -- to turn
• plemet -- to suck
• puput -- to blow
• raïntaŋ -- to know, be knowledgeable
• raʔit -- to sew
• rena -- to hear
• robak -- to stab, pierce
• roga -- to throw
• sesu -- to hide
• tau-neti -- to steal
• tawa -- to grow
• to -- to laugh
• toé -- to hold