Bukat

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Language: Bukat
Alternate names:: -
SIL-code: Ethnologue:bvk
Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, North Sarawakan, Kayan-Kenyah, Kayanic, Muller-Schwaner ’Punan’
Number of speakers: 400
Script: Category

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Introduction
The Bukat Verb
- Sample Verbs

Introduction

Bukat is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in West Kalimantan Province, northeast near Sarawak border, Kapuas river, southeast of Mendalam. 3 areas. .

The Bukat Verb

Sample Verbs

to bite	nirɔk
to blow	isuk
to breathe	ŋəhinat
to burn	nutoŋ
to come	tipay
to cook	isak, mori
to count	ŋiap
to cry	naŋi
to cut, hack	mapət, mɔrɛʔ, munaŋ
to die, be dead	kavə
to dig	ŋali
to drink	nuruʔ
to eat	kuman
to fall	batɛk
to fear	but
to flow	mo:lo
to fly	səmaraŋ
to hear	məkə\|liŋo
to hit	mapuk
to hold	karo, ŋa\|gəm, ŋala
to kill	ŋavə
to know, be knowledgeable	jato
to laugh	pusan
to lie down	miriʔ
to live, be alive	murip
to say	ken
to scratch	ŋamət
to see	ipə
to sew	ñapit
to shoot	nimak
to sit	murok
to sleep	turuy
to sniff, smell	marək
to spit	mo:noŋ
to split	mataʔ
to squeeze	no:mɛt
to stab, pierce	ŋəpalu
to stand	nəkariŋ
to suck	ŋəsinʊk
to swell	pəkatuŋ
to swim	navuŋ
to think	pikin
to throw	majok, ŋasen
to tie up, fasten	mɔto
to turn	pelekɔt, pepeaŋ
to walk	mak yap
to vomit	nutaʔ
to work	ŋəlihun
to yawn

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