Tulehu
Facts
- Language: Tulehu
- Alternate names: Northeast Ambon
- Language code: tlu
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, East Central Maluku, Nunusaku, Piru Bay, East Piru Bay, Solehua, Seram Straits, Ambonic, Northeast Ambon
- Number of speakers: 18800
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Tulehu is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Maluku Province, 4 villages. Ambon island, northeast coast.
Dialects
Liang, Tengah-Tengah, Tial, Tulehu. Each dialect is in a separate village. Eastern end of Ambon dialect chain. Lexical similarity: 84%–90% among dialects, 74%–82% with Hitu (See: Hitu), 72%–76% with Haruku (See: Haruku?).
The Tulehu Verb
Verblist
- akuhu -- to grow
- ane, pamana -- to eat
- aniki -- to bite
- asahin -- to squeeze
- ere -- to stand
- eta -- to tie up, fasten
- ha?a -- to split
- ha?i -- to scratch
- ha?ir -- to dig
- heta -- to cut, hack
- hia -- to hit
- hose -- to say
- hue?ere -- to hide
- huri, na?e -- to sleep
- husa?e -- to blow
- kala -- to flow
- kameka -- to chew
- kere?e -- to fear
- kihu -- to fly
- lai -- to come
- loha, mamuta -- to vomit
- mahai -- to live, be alive
- mala?a -- to laugh
- manahu -- to fall
- mani -- to dream
- mata -- to die, be dead
- nani, tehe -- to pound, beat
- nanu -- to swim
- nau?e -- to see
- ninu -- to drink
- o?e, tani -- to cry
- oi -- to walk
- paka?iri -- to choose
- palaloi -- to steal
- pamata -- to kill
- panene -- to hear
- rua?a -- to spit
- sa?a -- to climb
- sahe -- to buy
- siha -- to open, uncover
- ta?e -- to work
- tane -- to plant
- tarui -- to sew
- tea -- to know, be knowledgeable
- teri -- to throw
- toti -- to cook
- upa -- to sit