Uab Meto

Introduction

Uab Meto is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in East Nusa Tenggara Province. Most of west Timor island.

Dialects

Amanuban-Amanatun (Amanatun, Amanuban, Amanubang), Amfoan-Fatule’u-Amabi (Amabi, Amfoan, Amfuang, Fatule’u), Biboki-Insana (Biboki, Insanao), Kusa-Manlea (Kusa, Manea, Manlea), Mollo-Miomafo (Miomafo, Mollo). Much dialect variation. Ethnological and linguistic differences in nearly every valley. Same language chain as Amarasi (See: Amarasi?) and Baikeno (See: Baikeno?).

The Uab Meto Verb

Verblist

• anku -- to swell
• ap|mɛs, ʔat ap -- to squeeze
• at hɛlak snasak -- to breathe
• atmam -- to chew
• in nɛm -- to come
• mak -- to say
• naɔ -- to walk
• saiʔ -- to flow
• sɔs -- to buy
• t|ax -- to eat
• t|iun -- to drink
• ta|bak -- to steal
• ta|hin -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ta|mtau -- to fear
• ta|sɛɔʔ -- to yawn
• ta|skɔk -- to sniff, smell
• ta|tɛnab -- to think
• tabhaɛʔ -- to swim
• tahan -- to cook
• tamnai, tamnauʔ -- to dream
• tapau -- to pound, beat
• tapauʔ -- to stab, pierce
• taplɛl -- to fly
• ta-teʔun -- to turn
• taʔ maɛt -- to kill
• ʔat aɔ -- to scratch
• ʔat bɔ -- to lie down
• ʔat fu -- to blow
• ʔat fua, kiɔs, t|it -- to see
• ʔat fut -- to tie up, fasten
• ʔat haɛk -- to stand
• ʔat hani -- to dig
• ʔat kaɛ -- to cry
• ʔat kɛn -- to shoot
• ʔat lɔʔ -- to vomit
• ʔat maɛt -- to die, be dead
• ʔat mani -- to laugh
• ʔat mof -- to fall
• ʔat moin -- to live, be alive
• ʔat muus, muis -- to suck
• ʔat naʔ -- to hold
• ʔat nɛɛn -- to hear
• ʔat oɛt -- to cut, hack
• ʔat pɔl -- to split
• ʔat pil -- to choose
• ʔat polin -- to throw
• ʔat poolin hopɛ -- to spit
• ʔat sauʔ -- to bite
• ʔat sɔʔ -- to sew
• ʔat sɛn -- to plant
• ʔat sɛok -- to hunt
• ʔat tɔk -- to sit
• ʔat tɔm -- to hit
• ʔat tot -- to burn
• ʔat tuup -- to sleep
• ʔatmeu -- to work
• ʔatsoiʔ -- to count