Yamdena

Introduction

Yamdena is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Southeast Maluku Province, 35 villages. Tannembar islands; east coast Yamdena island, down to north tip of Selaru island. Latdalam village, southwest Yamdena.

Dialects

North Yamdena (Nus Das), South Yamdena (Nus Bab). A chain of related varieties from north to south with 90% lexical similarity between extremes, but with morphological and phonological differences. Southern dialect thought more prestigious. Lexical similarity: 90% among the north and south dialects, 47% with Fordata (See: Fordata?).

The Yamdena Verb

Verblist

• apu -- to burn
• balik -- to turn
• bare -- to swell
• énum -- to drink
• fala, laye, n-mban -- to walk
• jai, yébas -- to throw
• leŋan, narwa -- to lie down
• mbuam, na-kal -- to dig
• mefi -- to dream
• na-babal, n-falu -- to hit
• na-bandil -- to open, uncover
• na-boti, n-bét, n-falak, n-otar -- to say
• na-dane -- to cook
• na-daun, n-kambar, n-kolak -- to think
• na-fai -- to know, be knowledgeable
• na-fili -- to choose
• na-k-lele, taut -- to fear
• na-m-dir -- to stand
• na-m-toran -- to sit
• na-mudim -- to hide
• na-nau, na-tian, na-yaf, n-bes -- to hunt
• n-ane -- to eat
• n-aŋat -- to sniff, smell
• naŋe -- to steal
• na-slyai -- to grow
• n-bibis, n-sot -- to sew
• n-bindar, n-rak, n-siye, n-wak -- to split
• n-deŋar -- to hear
• n-fanak -- to shoot
• n-faŋat, n-kafar -- to climb
• n-fen -- to kill
• n-feras -- to squeeze
• n-fuf, n-lol -- to fall
• n-kakit -- to chew
• n-kalap, n-loli, n-sambuk -- to pound, beat
• n-karat -- to bite
• n-karya, n-lambat -- to work
• n-kawal -- to swim
• n-keban -- to see
• n-kele, n-ndare -- to tie up, fasten
• n-kér, ramas -- to scratch
• n-lale -- to flow
• n-lokan, n-lomb, n-mut -- to vomit
• n-lolan, n-tetak -- to cut, hack
• n-ma -- to come
• n-malip -- to laugh
• n-mat -- to die, be dead
• n-maup -- to yawn
• n-morip -- to live, be alive
• n-ŋuŋum -- to hold
• n-oup -- to blow
• n-sélir -- to buy
• n-sirik -- to spit
• n-sus, n-wokut -- to suck
• n-susuk -- to stab, pierce
• n-tabat, n-tanam -- to plant
• n-tasiŋ -- to cry
• n-turim -- to fly
• n-yaki -- to count
• owe -- to sleep
• reke, sa|nawe -- to breathe