Ngaju
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- Language: Ngaju
- Alternate names:: Biadju, Dayak Ngaju, Ngadju, Ngaja, Ngaju Dayak, Southwest Barito
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:nij
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, West, South
- Number of speakers: 890,000
- Script:
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Introduction
Ngaju is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Central Kalimantan Province. Upper reaches or headwaters of Kapuas, Kahayan, Katingan, and Mentaya rivers. .
Dialects
Ba’amang (Bara-Bare, Sampit), Kahayan, Kahayan Kapuas, Katingan Ngaju, Katingan Ngawa, Mantangai (Oloh Mangtangai), Pulopetak. Related to Bakumpai (See: Bakumpai?). Lexical similarity: 75% with Bakumpai (See: Bakumpai?), 62% with Kohin (See: Kohin?), 50% with Ot Danum (See: Ot Danum), 35% with Banjar (See: Banjar).
The Ngaju Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | mamangkit, mangirut, manqirut |
to blow | himun, mahambus, mahimun |
to breathe | mahaseng, manahaseng |
to burn | bakehu, mamapoi |
to buy | mamili', mili |
to chew | jipak, manyipa', n'jipak, ngunyah, simpa |
to choose | mintih |
to climb | lumpat, mandai, mandai', manyakei |
to come | dumah |
to cook | barapi, maluntuh, mampakasak, manjuhu |
to count | ise, mise, mise' |
to cry | mamatum, manamqis, manangis, manatum |
to cut, hack | manetek |
to die, be dead | matei, nihaw |
to dig | mangali, manqali |
to dream | manupi |
to drink | mihup |
to eat | kuman |
to fall | manjatu, manjatu' |
to fear | mikeh |
to flow | mahasur |
to fly | tarawang, tarawanq |
to grow | belum, tumbu, tumbu' |
to hear | mahining, manyeneh |
to hide | manyahukan, menyahukan, sahukan |
to hit | mamukul, mangkong, melang, metoppetop |
to hold | imbing, mimbing |
to hunt | mahurung, mandup, manyelek, mengan, mimpa |
to kill | mampatei |
to know, be knowledgeable | katawa'a, katawam |
to laugh | katawe, tatawe, tatawe' |
to lie down | menter, penter |
to live, be alive | balum-barigas, belum |
to open, uncover | muap, mukei |
to plant | mimbul |
to pound, beat | manepe', tempe |
to say | hamauh |
to scratch | manggaruk, manggayaw, manqqayau |
to see | gite, manampayah, mite' |
to sew | mitur, mitur[mamitur] |
to shoot | mamanah, manem bak |
to sit | munduk |
to sleep | batiruh |
to sniff, smell | mambewau, manyingut, manyium, singut |
to spit | maluja, maluyah |
to split | manyila |
to squeeze | hamis, mahamis, micik |
to stab, pierce | manyuduk, munu |
to stand | mendeng |
to steal | manakau, nakaw |
to suck | minyop, minyup |
to swell | kembang, manqembanq |
to swim | hanangoi, hanangui |
to think | bapikir |
to throw | manjakah, medak |
to tie up, fasten | mameteng, manjarat, me-teng, nali |
to turn | mahiwang, mules, mules ka gantau |
to walk | mamanjung, mananjung |
to vomit | muta, muta' |
to work | bagawi, baqawi |
to yawn | malalap |