Tonsea

Introduction

Tonsea is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in North Sulawesi Province, northeasternmost tip.

Dialects

Airmadidi, Kalabat Atas, Kauditan, Likupang, Maumbi.

The Tonsea Verb

Verblist

• dumakut, tumarnem, tumudu -- to say
• dumawa, sumake, sumosod -- to climb
• dumombo', mawaleng -- to throw
• dumua' -- to vomit
• dumuda' -- to spit
• dumutu' -- to cook
• ghumenang, maghenang -- to think
• kuman -- to eat
• kume'ke -- to laugh
• kumelang -- to walk
• kumetor -- to cut, hack
• kumiar -- to dig
• kumiki -- to bite
• kumolo' -- to lie down
• kumo'ot -- to hide
• kumorkor -- to scratch
• ma'aduy -- to flow
• ma'ai -- to come
• ma'ame', mame' -- to cry
• ma'aseng -- to breathe
• ma'elek, melek -- to see
• ma'inde -- to fear
• manayo', numayo' -- to chew
• mangudu -- to steal
• ma'oyouw -- to swim
• mapalele' -- to hunt
• mapate, mate tou -- to kill
• mapekang, maweteng -- to split
• mapentek, mawewe -- to hit
• mapuus, rumo'mbes -- to squeeze
• maraghos -- to fall
• mareken, rumeken -- to count
• mata'u -- to know, be knowledgeable
• mate -- to die, be dead
• matetekel -- to yawn
• matou, tumou -- to live, be alive
• maupipi -- to dream
• mawilit -- to sew
• mawou, rumindek -- to sniff, smell
• mawuka, wuka'an -- to open, uncover
• ma'yang -- to work
• melep -- to drink
• mempo', mumpe' -- to sit
• metin -- to choose
• mingka' -- to hold
• rumangket, rumengis, tumunu -- to burn
• rumeko' -- to turn
• rumondor -- to stand
• rumuki, rumundek, sumuit -- to stab, pierce
• sumegha -- to swell
• sumendow, tumelew -- to fly
• sumengo -- to blow
• sumepsep -- to suck
• sumeput -- to shoot
• sumuwuk, tumou -- to grow
• tumadinga, tumerang -- to hear
• tumanem -- to plant
• tumekel -- to sleep
• tumeles -- to buy
• wa'kesen, waduden -- to tie up, fasten
• wewengku -- to pound, beat