Luang
Fact corner
- Language: Luang
- Alternate names:: Letri Lgona, Lgona, Literi Lagona
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:lex
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Timor-Babar, Southwest Maluku, Luang
- Number of speakers: 18,000
- Script:
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Introduction
Luang is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Maluku Province. East of Timor island; entire Wetan island, across Wetan strait to northwest Babar island. .
Dialects
Lakor, Luang, Moa, Wetan (Wetang). Low comprehension of Leti (See: Leti). Lexical similarity: 89% with Leti (See: Leti).
The Luang Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | ṇ'nihiə, kia, weta |
to blow | aua, jera, porka, teni |
to breathe | arna |
to burn | ṇ'tunu, ola, tuni, tutna |
to buy | weli |
to chew | anāra, awti, nairi |
to climb | aata |
to come | ṇ'mai, mā |
to cook | (maka)riai, nai |
to count | awa |
to cry | ṇ'kakəru, koa |
to die, be dead | (mak)mati, ṇ'mati |
to dig | kai |
to dream | ṇ'miʔə, mia, wanni |
to drink | 'nɛmnu, emni |
to eat | ana, na'ʔanə |
to fall | ṇ'tujni |
to fear | ruri |
to flow | wai |
to fly | ṇ'nemə, meela, nema |
to grow | mori |
to hear | na'tlinə, tlina |
to hide | tajola |
to hit | dūma, kaala, liwra, tai, wewla |
to hold | kiuti |
to hunt | ora |
to kill | (mak)wenna, ṇ'wɛnnə, wuni |
to know, be knowledgeable | 'natu, (maka)tiari |
to laugh | nam'mali |
to lie down | kowa |
to live, be alive | mori, oli |
to open, uncover | ari(e), weera |
to plant | oora |
to pound, beat | tuuta, wai |
to say | (maka)kota, iwra |
to scratch | 'matlə, kera, kira |
to see | kpiei, nam'kekə |
to sew | ōra |
to shoot | rāpa, weta |
to sit | katatna, mtatna, nam'tatnə, tati |
to sleep | na'ninə, nina |
to sniff, smell | umi |
to spit | koa, krui, na'krui |
to split | liira, waa, watwa |
to squeeze | rāma |
to stab, pierce | apa, kala, tetwerni, wai, weta |
to stand | na'priri |
to steal | (maka)mnaa |
to suck | nīma |
to swim | ə ṇ'nani, knani |
to think | iwra, orta |
to tie up, fasten | kei, wnuti, wuti |
to turn | wali |
to walk | laa-mai, na'laʔə |
to vomit | mota, na'motə |
to work | japi, kar(d)i(a) |
to yawn |