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Bontok

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Language: Bontok
Alternate names:: -
SIL-code: Ethnologue:bnc
Language family:
Number of speakers: Population total all countries: 40,700.
Script: Category

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Introduction
The Bontok Verb
- Sample Verbs

Introduction

Bontok is a macrolanguage of Philippines.

The Bontok Verb

Sample Verbs

to bite	kɨ'tɨb, kətə́b
to blow	ʔinʔayúp, ʔinlatəŋ, ʔinsíbud, ʔinsúpʔuk, qa'yop
to breathe	ʔáŋəs, in angesh
to burn	púʔul, to'yaw
to buy	láku, lo'mako
to chew	gə́gʔal, ma'ma
to choose	'pili, píli
to climb	'kalab, káyʔat, tíkid
to come	ʔáli
to cook	'loto, lútu, lo'wag
to count	'bilang, bílaŋ
to cry	'qagal, ʔágal
to cut, hack	'gɨgɨd, bákag
to die, be dead	matə́y, na'tiy
to dig	gúbaŋ, ka'qoban, káʔub, kúbub
to dream	ʔiʔítaw, qiqi'taw
to drink	ʔinúm, qi'nom
to eat	kanə́n, ma'ngan, maŋán
to fall	'qɨkdag, ʔəpás, yakáyak
to fear	ʔə́gyat, qɨg'yat
to flow	búlus, ʔáyus
to fly	'tayaw, táyaw
to grow	túbu
to hear	daŋə́l, dɨ'ngɨl
to hide	'tabon, tábon
to hit	pákʔul, páŋʔul
to hold	ʔəgnán, qɨg'nan
to hunt	ʔánup, qa'nop
to kill	pa'tɨy, patayə́n
to know, be knowledgeable	ʔámmú, gətkən, maŋták [gətə́k], qam'mo
to laugh	ʔiyə́k, qɨ'yɨk
to lie down	likə́w
to live, be alive	tágu
to open, uncover	lukát
to plant	ʔəsə́k, múla, qɨ'sɨk
to pound, beat	'bayo, báyu
to say	ka'nan, kanán, kumwáni, maŋwáni
to scratch	gúgʔu, gog'qo, ta'til
to see	'qila, ʔíla
to sew	'daqit, dáʔit
to sit	pa'tong, patúŋ
to sleep	'sɨyɨp, sə́yəp
to sniff, smell	'songsong, súŋsuŋ
to spit	'tobba, túbba
to split	balsig, delsig, deltak, gigʔi, pásək, pitak, tampak, tampaŋ, walakwak, walay
to squeeze	kɨm'kɨm, pisít
to stab, pierce	'badyok, bádyuk
to stand	tákdəg, tak'dɨg
to steal	'qakɨw, lákəw
to suck	súpsup, súsu, súsup, sop'sop
to swell	lamán, latʔəd, lətə́g
to swim	ki'yat, kiyát
to think	in semek, səmə́k
to throw	tɨp'qal, təpʔal
to tie up, fasten	ba'qod, takə́d
to turn	babqawɨs'wɨs, lígus
to walk	ma'nalan ('dalan), manálan
to vomit	'qota, ʔúta
to work	buknag, do'no
to yawn	ʔuwáb

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Bontok

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Introduction

The Bontok Verb

Sample Verbs