Watubela

Introduction

Watubela is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in East central Maluku Province. Watubela islands, north of Kur island.

Dialects

Sulmelang, Tamher Timur. Lexical similarity: 77% between dialects, 51%–61% with Geser-Gorom (See: Geser-Gorom), 41% with Teor (See: Teor?) and Kur (See: Kur?), 37% with Bobot (See: Bobot), 34% with Masiwang (See: Masiwang).

The Watubela Verb

Verblist

• badil -- to open, uncover
• bakas -- to split
• bula-bula -- to lie down
• -bulul -- to swell
• bunin -- to hide
• bunuk -- to kill
• bus, busa -- to suck
• dakadokit -- to fall
• daun -- to plant
• dekan -- to fly
• deta -- to tie up, fasten
• dindis -- to squeeze
• doŋan -- to hear
• dulak -- to throw
• dunu -- to burn
• dutu -- to pound, beat
• elat -- to come
• fail uwak -- to breathe
• fam|lait -- to sew
• fana -- to walk
• fanak -- to shoot
• fie -- to choose
• futal -- to turn
• gaha -- to swim
• galik -- to dig
• garǰa -- to work
• gena -- to sleep
• golat -- to eat
• goliʔ -- to scratch
• gudiʔ -- to hold
• gukut -- to bite
• haka -- to climb
• ko|manaka -- to steal
• kuŋahi -- to sniff, smell
• lela -- to hunt
• luak -- to vomit
• lunam -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ma:f -- to yawn
• mahak -- to cook
• mamak -- to chew
• mamán -- to say
• mata -- to die, be dead
• matakut -- to fear
• -mifi -- to dream
• minu -- to drink
• mlait -- to cut, hack
• mliliʔ -- to stand
• mliu -- to live, be alive
• mufaʔ -- to blow
• mukanihuk -- to spit
• mumlifa -- to laugh
• ntaŋi -- to cry
• ŋuŋul -- to hit
• reyn -- to count
• sabóu -- to sit
• sawal -- to buy
• siniʔ -- to see
• tulak -- to stab, pierce