Taliabu

Introduction

Taliabu is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in North Maluku Province. Sula island group; Taliabu island, northwest coast; some on Mangole island.

Dialects

Mananga, Mangei (Mang, Mange, Mange’e, Sobojo, Soboyo), Padang (Samada). Dialects 90% or more lexically similar.

The Taliabu Verb

Verblist

• aŋin -- to flow
• baba, puŋ -- to hit
• bala|moa -- to yawn
• bukañ, kanafu -- to fall
• dadi -- to live, be alive
• dadi, kohoñ -- to stand
• daŋi -- to cry
• dodopoñ -- to dream
• faya -- to say
• fei -- to work
• fikiŋ -- to think
• fukac -- to open, uncover
• fuu -- to blow
• geke, kayoc -- to dig
• hado, soso, tusu -- to stab, pierce
• haec -- to come
• hako -- to hold
• hamac -- to breathe
• hanaʔ -- to climb
• hayoʔ -- to sniff, smell
• inuŋ -- to drink
• kabela -- to turn
• kamate -- to kill
• kameseʔ -- to cook
• kañ -- to eat
• kananoʔu -- to know, be knowledgeable
• kapuaʔ, karafi -- to split
• kofoc, tolu -- to tie up, fasten
• koki, toloñ -- to bite
• lau -- to walk
• luaʔ -- to vomit
• lukuc -- to lie down
• lukuc -- to sleep
• lusuc, tete -- to suck
• mantaku -- to fear
• maŋahanoc, pisiʔ -- to squeeze
• maŋauc -- to sew
• mate -- to die, be dead
• mine -- to hear
• moma -- to chew
• naŋu -- to swim
• pakanako -- to steal
• pili -- to choose
• putaʔ -- to cut, hack
• sapiʔ -- to hide
• seŋei -- to laugh
• sinaŋa, tunu -- to burn
• tabu -- to shoot
• takilu, tapii -- to spit
• tanoŋ -- to plant
• tiba -- to throw
• too -- to see
• touc -- to sit
• tuka -- to buy
• tutuʔ -- to pound, beat