Ujir

Introduction

Ujir is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Southeast Maluku Province. Northwest Aru islands, Ujir and Wokam islands west peninsula tip.

Dialects

Lexical similarity: 75% with Kola (See: Kola?) in north Aru, and slightly less with Kola on the west coast of Kola Island.

The Ujir Verb

Verblist

• a-bafa -- to swell
• a-buar -- to turn
• a-fan -- to fall
• a-fasi -- to dig
• afau -- to sniff, smell
• a-fayŋayn -- to say
• a-fe da jeri -- to breathe
• a-feta -- to split
• a-fun -- to kill
• ai so:kai -- to hunt
• aijel -- to throw
• ai-nen -- to swim
• ai-tai -- to flow
• a-jaŋ -- to bite
• a-juʔ -- to blow
• ak kana -- to shoot
• a-kalola-na -- to lie down
• a-katam -- to squeeze
• akaw|ay -- to tie up, fasten
• a-kətíʔ -- to scratch
• a-koljaka -- to know, be knowledgeable
• a-máfa|u -- to yawn
• a-mamuta -- to vomit
• a-manam -- to eat
• a-mel -- to laugh
• a-nen -- to sleep
• anis -- to fly
• a-niʔ -- to spit
• a-rekan -- to count
• a-reŋ|ay -- to hear
• a-sawi -- to cut, hack
• a-tafak -- to stab, pierce
• a-tal|ay -- to sit
• a-tamari -- to stand
• a-to -- to see
• au -- to burn
• a-utuk -- to suck
• bana bana -- to walk
• bebay -- to fear
• dai-naŋaw -- to steal
• dibal -- to hit
• jeri -- to live, be alive
• kina -- to think
• m|jéy -- to sew
• ma -- to come
• nedi -- to hold
• nenam -- to drink
• sat -- to plant
• táni -- to cry
• towi -- to die, be dead