Sumbawa

Introduction

Sumbawa is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in West Nusa Tenggara Province. Sumbawa island, west of the isthmus, Moyo island off northern coast.

The Sumbawa Verb

Verblist

• ades -- to suck
• ai mata -- to cry
• bara -- to swell
• basio -- to hide
• bekake -- to eat
• belangan -- to walk
• beling -- to say
• beriak -- to flow
• beripi -- to dream
• betisu -- to spit
• datang -- to come
• entek, tengke -- to climb
• enti -- to hold
• ete -- to choose
• iak -- to breathe
• iduk -- to sniff, smell
• ingo -- to see
• kerok -- to scratch
• ketaket -- to fear
• kowar -- to dig
• manak -- to shoot
• manang -- to stand
• mate -- to die, be dead
• me lowe -- to count
• mengko -- to turn
• menong -- to hear
• mongka -- to cook
• nanam -- to plant
• nange -- to swim
• ngebajo -- to hunt
• ngejit -- to sew
• ngelit -- to yawn
• ngesit -- to bite
• ngonat -- to chew
• ngulang -- to lie down
• niup, tiup -- to blow
• nuja -- to pound, beat
• nyeripik -- to fall
• nyibar -- to fly
• nyinim -- to drink
• nyoro -- to steal
• orong -- to work
• pelentong -- to throw
• pemali -- to buy
• pesat -- to squeeze
• pukil, rumpok -- to hit
• rengingi -- to laugh
• samate -- to kill
• sandro -- to know, be knowledgeable
• sarango -- to grow
• sat -- to tie up, fasten
• tebok -- to split
• telas -- to live, be alive
• teruk -- to stab, pierce
• tetak -- to cut, hack
• tokal -- to sit
• tunong -- to sleep
• tunung -- to burn
• uleng -- to open, uncover
• utah -- to vomit