Te’un
Facts
- Language: Te’un
- Alternate names:
- Language code: tve
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Timoric A, Northern Timoric A, Teun-Nila-Serua
- Number of speakers: No remaining speakers.
- Vulnerability: Threatened [Read more...]
- Script: Category
More information:
Introduction
Te’un is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Central Maluku Province, south central Seram island transmigration area. 4 villages.
The Te’un Verb
Verblist
- a'kasni -- to sit
- an'ti -- to eat
- a'prea -- to spit
- 'funu -- to kill
- 'kea -- to cry
- 'lakti -- to walk
- 'mɔ -- to come
- 'mia -- to dream
- 'mimni -- to drink
- naf're -- to know, be knowledgeable
- na'matli -- to scratch
- 'nani -- to swim
- 'nima -- to fly
- 'niʔi -- to bite
- ṇ'mali -- to laugh
- ṇ'maʔa -- to die, be dead
- ṇ'mina -- to sleep
- ṇ'muta -- to vomit
- 'sɛrni -- to hear
- tɔn'la -- to see
- 'te -- to fall
- tu'ni -- to burn
- uma'ru -- to stand