Tontemboan

Introduction

Tontemboan is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in North Sulawesi Province. Minahasa peninsula, northeast coast, southern shore, Amurang bay inland.

Dialects

Sonder (Matanai, Matana’i-Maore’), Tompaso (Makelai, Makela’i-Maotow).

The Tontemboan Verb

Verblist

• kaʔil -- to dig
• keləkan -- to know, be knowledgeable
• keŋkeŋ -- to swim
• kuman -- to eat
• kumeret -- to bite
• lemukut -- to sit
• luməsəw -- to plant
• lumətup -- to fall
• lumingan -- to hear
• lumutaw -- to shoot
• magənang -- to think
• mainde -- to fear
• mangipiʔ -- to lie down
• mapaten -- to kill
• maraʔas -- to pound, beat
• maroma -- to say
• mate -- to die, be dead
• mawayaʔ -- to flow
• mawayaʔ -- to walk
• mawilit -- to sew
• maʔai -- to come
• maʔame -- to cry
• maʔkeʔkeʔ -- to laugh
• maʔkimbeŋ -- to split
• maʔkoʔməs -- to scratch
• maʔpankur -- to hit
• maʔpili -- to choose
• maʔrəgəs -- to blow
• maʔreken -- to count
• maʔsəsəp -- to chew
• maʔsiwo -- to cook
• maʔtawoy -- to work
• maʔtəkəlo -- to see
• maʔtunuʔ -- to burn
• maʔwankil -- to throw
• mələp -- to drink
• məluaʔ -- to vomit
• me'mekan -- to squeeze
• mənounou -- to live, be alive
• meŋkor -- to turn
• meʔkel -- to sleep
• mow -- to sniff, smell
• mʔasəng -- to breathe
• rombit -- to steal
• rumuraʔ -- to spit
• suməga -- to swell
• suməsəp -- to suck
• sumosor -- to climb
• toŋkey -- to cut, hack
• tuməkəl -- to yawn
• tumələs -- to buy
• tumələw -- to fly
• tumimboy -- to hold
• tumopok, tumupu -- to stab, pierce
• tumou -- to grow
• tumulu -- to stand
• waʔkəsən -- to tie up, fasten
• wərən -- to dream
• wuka -- to open, uncover
• yanap -- to hide