Tolaki

Introduction

Tolaki is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in South East Sulawesi Province, North Konawe, Konawe, South Konawe, Kolaka, and North Kolaka regencies; Mekongga district, west coast. Broad area from Point Kolono, southeast peninsula, extending northwest across plains up to highlands; along west coast, past Klaka town towards Bone bay narrows.

Dialects

Asera (Asera Wanua, Noie), Konawe (Kendari, Kioki, Tambuoki), Laiwui, Mekongga (Bingkokak, Kolaka, Konio, Norio, Tamboki), Wiwirano (Nohina). Lexical similarity: 88% with Asera, 84% with Konawe, 85% with Mekongga, 81% with Laiwui, 78% with Waru, 70% with Rahambuu and Kodeoha, 54% with the Mori and Bungku groups. Mekongga has 86% with Konawe, 80% with Laiwui.

The Tolaki Verb

Verblist

• bakatiʔi, kaa, mebakata, mebakati, mekaa, mekara, mekarasi, mekeketa, mekerasi, mekiki, mobakati, mogara, moŋgara, moŋgekea, moŋgeketa, moŋgerasi, moŋgiki, moŋkara -- to bite
• bitara, mebitara, metulura, metura, mobepe, mobitara, mombau, mombaupau, mombepe, mondulura, monduura, te'eni, teʔeni -- to say
• do'a -- to count
• hi'i -- to hide
• hono, humuhua, imiʔia, mebiari, meŋere, miia, umi'ia, umiʔia -- to cry
• humunu, hunu, mohulu, mohunu, mondunu, mosoru, sumoru, tumunui -- to burn
• hungga -- to open, uncover
• kaa -- to chew
• kaa, mogaa, moŋgaa -- to eat
• kali -- to throw
• kamba -- to swell
• karu -- to scratch
• ki'i, ki'ii, mekii, mogii, moŋgee, moŋgii, moŋgikii -- to see
• laa -- to live, be alive
• lako, lumaho, lumako, lumolako, melimba, molakolako -- to walk
• leu -- to come
• limuu, lumaa, mesīnako -- to fly
• lumaa -- to flow
• lumangu, lumaŋo, lūmaŋo, numaŋo, numonaŋo -- to swim
• mate -- to die, be dead
• mbepate, mepateʔi, mobepate, mombeopate, mombepate, mombopate, pepateʔi -- to kill
• medeaʔi, moedeʔai, mombodea, momboedea, mondedeaʔi, moroŋo, podea, podeaʔi -- to hear
• medotoro, mendotoro, mendōtoro, merehu, mererehu, mereurehu, merērehu, perehurehu -- to sit
• megokoro, meliliŋgoro, meliŋgoro, menggokora, meŋgokoro, meŋgōkoro -- to stand
• mehonahona, penao -- to breathe
• mepikiri -- to think
• mepili -- to choose
• mepua -- to blow
• merorai, motao, mototao, mōtao -- to laugh
• metanggali -- to dig
• meʔeni, meʔenihi, meʔini, meʔinihi, meeni, meini, metuhe, mo'eni -- to spit
• moaliali, moʔusa, umusa -- to pound, beat
• mo'inu, moʔenu, moʔinu, moinu -- to drink
• mo'ipi, moʔepi, moʔipi, moipi -- to dream
• mo'isa, moʔisa, montonda, motoda, motonda -- to fall
• mo'iso, moʔiso, moiso, moturu -- to sleep
• mo'iso'iso, moʔisoʔiso, moherehere, moiiso, moisoiso, monduturu, motuturu, motūturu -- to lie down
• mombaho -- to plant
• mombaho -- to work
• momone -- to climb
• monahu -- to cook
• moseu -- to sew
• motaku -- to fear
• mo'ua, peʔua, peua -- to vomit
• onggo -- to tie up, fasten
• pana -- to shoot
• po'indi -- to hold
• pole, pole'i -- to cut, hack
• ponini -- to steal
• po'oli -- to buy
• putara -- to turn
• siusiu -- to sniff, smell
• tobo -- to stab, pierce
• toni -- to hit
• to'ori, toʔori, toʔorikee, toori, toorikee, torikee, tumoʔorikee, tumorikee, tumōrikee -- to know, be knowledgeable
• toro -- to grow
• wota -- to split