Malay, North Moluccan
Fact corner
- Language: Malay, North Moluccan
- Alternate names:: Ternate Malay
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:max
- Language family: Creole, Malay based
- Number of speakers: 700,000
- Script:
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Introduction
Malay, North Moluccan is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in North Maluku Province. Islands off of southern tip of Halmahera island; Sula and Obi island groups to south and west. .
Dialects
Different meaning of particles from Manado Malay (See: Malay, Manado?). More similar to Manado Malay than to Ambonese Malay (See: Malay, Ambonese).
The Malay, North Moluccan Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | gigit |
to blow | tiop |
to breathe | banapas |
to burn | tabakar |
to buy | bilii |
to chew | bakunyah |
to choose | pilih |
to climb | naik |
to come | datang |
to cook | momasa |
to count | barekeng |
to cry | manangis |
to cut, hack | potong |
to die, be dead | mati |
to dig | gali |
to dream | mimpi |
to drink | minong |
to eat | makang |
to fall | jatong |
to fear | tako |
to flow | mengalir |
to fly | terbang |
to grow | tumbuh |
to hear | dengar |
to hide | basambunyi |
to hit | pukul |
to hold | pegang |
to hunt | berburu |
to kill | bunu |
to know, be knowledgeable | tau |
to laugh | tatawa |
to lie down | baguling |
to live, be alive | hidup |
to open, uncover | buka |
to plant | batanam |
to pound, beat | tumbuk |
to say | bicara |
to scratch | garu |
to see | lia |
to sew | manjai |
to shoot | tembak |
to sit | duduk |
to sleep | tidor |
to sniff, smell | hela napas |
to spit | tusuk |
to split | bagi |
to squeeze | padat |
to stab, pierce | tusuk |
to stand | badiri |
to steal | pancuri |
to suck | isap |
to swell | bangka |
to swim | batobo |
to think | bapikir |
to throw | lempar |
to tie up, fasten | ika |
to turn | belok |
to walk | bajalang |
to vomit | muntah |
to work | karja |
to yawn | nguap |