Termanu

Introduction

Termanu is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in East Nusa Tenggara Province. Termanu, Keka, Talae, Korbafo, and Bokai domains. Central Rote island.

Dialects

Bokai, Korbafo (Korbaffo), Pa’da (Termanu), Pa’da Kona (Keka-Talae, Southern Termanu). Seems more similar to Lole (See: Lole?) than to other varieties on Rote. Korbafo and Bokai may need to be separated for sociolinguistic reasons.

The Termanu Verb

Verblist

• tee

• afi, do -- to think
• aŋe -- to swim
• asa -- to buy
• bi, taʔu -- to fear
• buluk, lelak -- to know, be knowledgeable
• daŋa, sopa -- to hunt
• dei -- to stand
• dodo -- to kill
• fa -- to flow
• fu -- to blow
• funi, keke -- to hide
• hae -- to breathe
• he -- to squeeze
• hèle -- to choose
• hika -- to laugh
• huka -- to open, uncover
• ka -- to bite
• kakalu -- to scratch
• kali -- to dig
• kikik -- to cry
• kou -- to shoot
• la -- to fly
• laba -- to climb
• laʔo -- to walk
• lèke -- to count
• lepos -- to turn
• loli-loli -- to lie down
• mai -- to come
• mama -- to chew
• manako -- to steal
• mate -- to die, be dead
• moli -- to grow
• moli -- to live, be alive
• musi -- to suck
• muta -- to vomit
• n|inu -- to drink
• n|ita -- to see
• na|ʔa -- to eat
• nae -- to say
• naŋatutu -- to sit
• nasu -- to cook
• nene -- to hear
• pau -- to stab, pierce
• peta[k] -- to swell
• pia, tapa -- to throw
• seu -- to sew
• suŋu -- to sleep
• tai -- to hold
• tane -- to plant
• tao -- to work
• tata -- to split
• tata, tete -- to cut, hack
• tidi -- to spit
• tuda -- to fall
• tunu -- to burn
• tuti -- to tie up, fasten
• tutu -- to hit
• tutu -- to pound, beat