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Han (2015): Suboo

Original citation: Han, Tan Jian. 2015. A sketch grammar of Suboo. MA thesis, Nanyang Technological University.

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-a-a

‘Spc’

aa

‘you’

a-a-

‘2sg I’

aa

‘rice’

aa-aː-

‘you’

aadaaːda

‘sharp (of a cutting tool)’

aakaaːka

‘Sunday’

aakiaːki

‘sugar palm’; ‘Borassus flabellifer’

aaliaːli

‘sneeze’

Aanselaːnsel

‘name’; ‘nama orang’

abuabu

‘wild’

adiiadiː

‘mat’

adiiadiː

‘pandanus’

adii gongadiː ɡoŋ

‘sky’

adingadiŋ

‘teacher’

adooadoː

‘leech’

aduadu

‘many’

afeitangafeitaŋ

‘ravine’

afisingafisiŋ

‘sandfly’

ahah

‘excrement, shit’

aiai

‘vagina’

aifongaifoŋ

‘edge, end’

akak

‘here’

akoako

‘now, currently’

akoako

‘this’

akolakol

‘dried, tied in bunch’

aleesingaleːsiŋ

‘sour’

alehaleh

‘squeeze’

aliialiː

1. ‘dust’

2. ‘root’

almaalma

‘person’

almakaangalmakaːŋ

‘somebody’

altangaltaŋ

‘ladder’

amangamaŋ

‘coarse grass for thatches on the house’

ang

‘there’; ‘sana’

angaaŋa

‘that’

apap

‘fish’; ‘ikan’

apaagiidesaapaːɡiːdesa

‘under’

apaaleapaːle

‘late afternoon, early evening’; ‘sore’

apengaapeŋa

‘another’

asaasa

‘hundred’

asiiasiː

‘salt’

asiingasiːŋ

‘fable, story about customs, habits’; ‘cerita kebiasaan, dongeng’

atat

1. ‘fire’; ‘api’

2. ‘firewood’; ‘kayu api’

at bongat boŋ

‘ember, live coal’; ‘bara api’

ataaataː

‘bamboo, thin bamboo to make arrow shafts’

ataahataːh

‘descend’

atamangatamaŋ

‘tribe (a collection of clans in one location)’

atengateŋ

1. ‘past’; ‘dahulu’

2. ‘dahulu, masa lampau, dulu’

3. ‘story about past, ancestors’; ‘cerita ttng dahulu, masa lampau, cerita dulu punya’

Ateng Fetangateŋ fetaŋ

‘name’

atiiatiː

‘bird’

atiiatiː

‘fire’

atii gengatiː ɡeŋ

‘ashes’; ‘abu api’

Atiibaiatiːbai

‘Apui’

atiibaiatiːbai

1. ‘star’; ‘bintang’

2. ‘morning star’; ‘bintang fajar’

attaatta

‘leaf’

aukaauka

‘dry’

awakawak

‘yawn’

aweiawei

‘saliva’

awiiawiː

‘fishing hook’

awiileawiːle

‘full’

awingawiŋ

‘door’

awuawu

‘pestle’

awuiawui

‘lime, limestone powder mixed with betelnut before consumption’

awuilaawuila

‘full’

ayaj

‘rain’

ayiiajiː

‘choose’

baba

‘and’

baba

‘pig pen’

baba

1. ‘say’; ‘berkata, bilang’

2. ‘particle marking reported speech’; ‘katanya’

3. ‘katanya, bilang’

ba'baʔ

‘big, large’

baaibaːi

‘black’

baaibaːi

‘tell’; ‘menceritakan, omong’

baibai

‘big, large’; ‘besar’

baibai

1. ‘land’

2. ‘wall’

baibai

1. ‘make, work on’

2. ‘make, work on’

3. ‘make, work on’

baileebaileː

‘buy’

bailenbailen

‘buy’; ‘membeli, beli’

bakaabakaː

‘betelnut’

balbal

‘ball’

balbal

1. ‘price’

2. ‘brideprice’

banubanu

‘blunt’

barbar

‘crash into, run over’

batabata

1. ‘big, large’

2. ‘big, large’

bayangbajaŋ

‘nonsense’

beebeː

‘grasshopper locust’

bening-manubeniŋ-manu

‘core-family’

biatbiat

‘four’

biibiː

‘attempt, try’; ‘berusaha, mencoba, coba’

biibiː

‘contrast particle’

biibiː

‘cut, hack’

biikibiːki

‘left’

biitabiːta

‘husked’

bikabika

‘red’

bilabila

1. ‘clean’

2. ‘white’

bilebile

‘seed’

bilelbilel

‘sweet potato’

bitibiti

‘food’

biyeebijeː

1. ‘scared’

2. ‘scared’

3. ‘scared’

bobo

1. ‘REL’

2. ‘and, but "sequential linker"’; ‘tetapi, tapi’

bokoboko

1. ‘very’

2. ‘bad, evil, ugly’

3. ‘bad’

bongboŋ

1. ‘tree’

2. ‘tree’

bongkoboŋko

‘cassava’

booboː

1. ‘grow’

2. ‘grow’

booboː

‘order, summon, command’

booboː

‘quick, fast’

boodaboːda

‘die’

booiboːi

‘expel’

booneboːne

1. ‘beat’

2. ‘beat’

booneboːne

‘hit’

boongboːŋ

‘roast’

bubu

‘belly button’

buhbuh

‘hold’

buibui

‘slave’

buipanbuipan

‘cold (liquid, food)’

bukbuk

‘chin’

bukbuk

1. ‘earth’

2. ‘mountain’

3. ‘island’

bukbuk

‘lower back’

buk tahabuk taha

‘world’

bukaamangbukaːmaŋ

‘heart’

Bukaapitingbukaːpitiŋ

‘place name’; ‘nama tempat’

bulmangbulmaŋ

‘granary’

bunbun

‘head louse’

bungbuŋ

1. ‘hide’

2. ‘hide’

3. ‘hide’

4. ‘hide st. from sb’

dada

‘become’

dada

‘do it’

daadaː

‘carry on top of head’

daadaː

‘comb’

daamiidaːmiː

‘pepper sp’

daidai

‘breadfruit’

dakandakan

‘stove’

dakatadakata

‘black’

damadama

‘big (restricted for people)’

dardar

1. ‘dance the traditional dance lego-lego’

2. ‘dance the traditional dance lego-lego’

3. ‘dance the traditional dance lego-lego’

dede

1. ‘go to, travel to, towards’; ‘pergi, menuju, pigi’

2. ‘go to, travel to, towards’

3. ‘go to, travel to, towards’

delangdelaŋ

‘sky’

diidiː

‘remain, leave’

diidiː

‘set, put, put down’

-diile-diːle

‘wait, await’; ‘menunggu, tunggu’

diiyakdiːjak

‘continue’

dikadika

‘small’

dingdiŋ

‘hold, carry’

dipidipi

‘burn in flames’

dumdum

1. ‘child’

2. ‘child’

3. ‘child’

dum mokdum mok

‘baby’

dungduŋ

‘baby’

dungduŋ

1. ‘sing’

2. ‘sing’

duweeduweː

1. ‘forbid, prohibit’

2. ‘forbid, prohibit’

-dV-dv

‘Cpl’

e-e-

‘you’

ee-eː-

‘you, your’

eiei

‘you’

ei-ei-

‘you’

elaela

‘clan’

en suen su

‘now’

eng-eŋ-

‘you’

fafa

‘masuh’

faafaː

‘search, find, look for’

faakafaːka

‘finger’

fahfah

‘swell’

falfal

‘scorpion’

falfal

‘tie’

falakfalak

‘clothes’

fanaafanaː

‘face’

faneefaneː

‘farm, work in the fields’

faraafaraː

‘dirty (of clothes etc.)’

fasinfasin

‘sneeze’

feetangfeːtaŋ

‘large bamboo sp’

fiifiː

‘penis’

fiilangfiːlaŋ

‘head’

-fiin-fiːn

1. ‘dream’; ‘mimpi’

2. ‘dream’

finingfiniŋ

‘ground, soil’

fomfom

‘upper end of field’

fonifoni

‘young (for women)’

foofoː

‘eucalyptus sp’; ‘kayu putih, kayu puti’; ‘Eucalyptus alba’

funfun

‘grab’

fungfuŋ

1. ‘hold’

2. ‘catch’

3. ‘hold’

4. ‘hold’

5. ‘hold’

6. ‘hold’

7. ‘hold’

funungpaakfunuŋpaːk

‘tomorrow’; ‘besok’

gaɡa

‘he, she, it’; ‘dia’

ga-ɡa-

‘him, her, it’; ‘dia, -nya’

gaa-ɡaː-

‘he, she, it’

gaarɡaːr

‘bush, jungle’

gaasiɡaːsi

‘tell a lie’

gaasiiɡaːsiː

‘play’

gaatangɡaːtaŋ

‘branch’

gabongɡaboŋ

‘valley’

gaeng-ɡaeŋ-

‘he, she, it’

gaiɡai

‘he, she, it’; ‘dia’

galɡal

‘he, she, it’

galaɡala

‘near’; ‘dekat’

ganɡan

‘spring’

ganiɡani

‘tomorrow, day after today’

garɡar

‘remain’

gatangɡataŋ

‘play’

gatuɡatu

‘why’

gawaaiɡawaːi

‘divide’

gaweiɡawei

‘gecko (inside the house)’

ge-ɡe-

‘dia, -nya’

ge'ɡeʔ

‘numeral order’

geeɡeː

‘let's not, don't, prohibitive’

gee-ɡeː-

‘him, his, her, its, it’

gee-bakɡeː-bak

‘hip’

geiɡei

‘her, he, it’

gelasɡelas

‘glass’

gereejaɡereːdʒa

‘church’

ge-wiiɡe-wiː

‘tail’

gi-ɡi-

‘3rd IV, 3sg III’

giisangɡiːsaŋ

‘five’

goɡo

‘at’

goɡo

‘he’

gobaileeɡobaileː

‘sell’

goiɡoi

‘into’

gongɡoŋ

‘tree top’

goo-ɡoː-

‘he’

goobikeɡoːbike

‘lightning’

gopan mengɡopan meŋ

‘sleepy’

goyuudeɡojuːde

‘yes, ya’

gu-ɡu-

‘his/her’

gulaɡula

‘feed’

gulaɡula

‘sugar’

-i-i

‘PAST?’

ii

‘expel’

ihih

‘fruit’

ii

‘slither’

ii

‘you (pl)’

iifiiːfi

‘sleepy’

iinaiːna

‘slow’

iisingiːsiŋ

1. ‘ask’

2. ‘ask’

ikaaiikaːi

‘tired’; ‘capek, cape’

ileile

‘look closely’

ileiilei

1. ‘look, watch’

2. ‘visit, look at’

imiimi

‘crash into, run over’

inaina

‘now’; ‘sekarang’

itiiti

‘call’

iwiiiwiː

‘vomit’

iyo-ijo-

‘you’

jutadʒuta

‘million’

kaahkaːh

‘mung beans’

kaakkaːk

‘younger sibling’

kaangkaːŋ

‘beginning’

kaangkaːŋ

1. ‘good’

2. ‘good’

kaangkaːŋ

‘right’

kaapalkaːpal

‘plane’

kaapalakaːpala

‘boat’

kabiikabiː

‘little, little bit, few’; ‘sedikit’

kabunkabun

‘mosquito’

kadangkadaŋ

‘log’

kadawiikadawiː

1. ‘fever’

2. ‘fever’

kadiikadiː

1. ‘house’

2. ‘house’

kadiikadiː

1. ‘split, chop’

2. ‘split, chop’

kadiilekadiːle

‘wait’

kadudekadude

‘cough’

kahkah

‘green beans’

kakaisingkakaisiŋ

‘small ant’

Kalangfaatkalaŋfaːt

‘Kalabahi’; ‘Kalabahi’

kaleikalei

‘roast, fry’

kamaakamaː

‘sugarcane’

Kamangkamaŋ

‘Kamang’

kamengkameŋ

‘offering place, sanctuary’; ‘mezbah, mezba’

kanalkanal

‘almond nut, kenari nut’

kapaakapaː

‘spear’

kapaatakapaːta

‘rib’

kapeekapeː

‘rope’

kapetakapeta

1. ‘cold, chilly (of weather, climate)’

2. ‘cold, chilly (of weather, climate)’

kapiikapiː

‘goat’

kapiikapiː

‘scratch’

kapokkapok

‘kapok tree, cotton tree’

kapuhkapuh

‘sew’

karkar

‘ten’

karakara

‘cicada, cricket’

karatkarat

‘cut, slice’

karohkaroh

‘breathe’

karookakaroːka

‘spider (outside the house)’

katkat

‘howl, bark’

kateekateː

1. ‘eat’; ‘makan’

2. ‘bite’

3. ‘chew’

4. ‘bite’

5. ‘eat (Cmn)’

katee takateː ta

‘food, edibles’

katiikatiː

‘bush’

katiikatiː

‘evil spirit, satan’

katiinakatiːna

‘narrow’

kawaikawai

1. ‘talk, discuss, tell, speak’; ‘membicarakan, omong’

2. ‘talk, discuss, tell, speak’; ‘membicarakan, omong’

kawangkokawaŋko

‘helmeted friarbird’

kawoilekawoile

1. ‘fall over, stumble, trip, slip’

2. ‘fall over, stumble, trip, slip’

keke

‘build’

keikei

‘tongue’

kei silaakei silaː

‘esophagus’

kengkeŋ

1. ‘sarong’

2. ‘sarong’

kideikidei

‘squat’

kidikidi

‘spider (inside the house)’

kidingkidiŋ

‘small’

kiikiː

‘skewer’

kiikkiːk

‘flower’

kilkil

‘eagle’

kineekineː

‘dig’

kiyakkijak

1. ‘search’

2. ‘search for’

3. ‘search for own benefit’

4. ‘search for’

5. ‘search for own benefit’

6. ‘search for someone’

7. ‘search for someone's benefit’

koko

‘cassava’

koko

‘start’; ‘mulai’

kodukodu

‘rub’

kohkoh

1. ‘yell’

2. ‘talk’

kokkok

‘fall from an erect position (tree)’

kokokoko

‘owl’

kol-kolkol-kol

1. ‘play, have fun’

2. ‘play, have fun’

3. ‘play, have fun’

komeiyokkomeijok

‘earthquake’

konkon

‘purple’

konaakonaː

‘zero’

kookoː

‘marrunga’

koopaikoːpai

‘buffalo’

koopikoːpi

‘coffee’

koowitangkoːwitaŋ

‘tree sp. with edible leaves’

kratkrat

‘thunder’

kuangkuaŋ

‘gong’

kuapikuapi

‘foam, steam’

kuekue

‘round’

kuikui

1. ‘dog’

2. ‘dog’

3. ‘dog’

kuikui

‘mother’

kuikui

‘tree stump’

kukuleekakukuleːka

‘clay’

kulkul

‘again’

kulkul

1. ‘hair’

2. ‘skin’

3. ‘skin’

kulkul

‘very’

kumekume

‘snake’

kurkur

‘pour (using hands or plate)’

kusakusa

‘thick’

kusingkusiŋ

1. ‘fingernail’

2. ‘beak’

kusungkusuŋ

‘snake sp’

kuupakuːpa

‘butterfly’

lala

‘milk’

laafiilaːfiː

‘near’; ‘dekat’

Laanilaːni

‘name’

laasinglaːsiŋ

1. ‘stand’

2. ‘stand’

3. ‘stand’

Laatalalaːtala

‘God’

laatelaːte

‘burn’

laawanglaːwaŋ

‘bee’

labutalabuta

1. ‘hairs’

2. ‘hairs’

lahlah

‘leaves’

lahlah

‘millet’

laisinglaisiŋ

‘wire’

laising kuelaisiŋ kue

‘bicycle’

laklak

‘civet cat’

laklak

1. ‘know’

2. ‘know’

3. ‘know’

laklak

‘language’

laklak

1. ‘story’; ‘cerita’

2. ‘story’

3. ‘story’

lakalaka

1. ‘hang’

2. ‘hang’

lakiilakiː

‘open’

lalapanglalapaŋ

‘tall’

lamlam

1. ‘man’

2. ‘husband’

lamanglamaŋ

‘tree sp’; ‘jenis pohon’

lamulamu

‘wound’

langkoulaŋkou

‘spider (outside the house)’

Langmoulaŋmou

‘name’

Lanmaulanmau

‘name’

lapanglapaŋ

1. ‘long’

2. ‘tall (of people)’

Lasarlasar

‘PN’

lasiniyaklasinijak

‘so’; ‘jadi’

lawaalawaː

‘bedbug’

lawelawe

‘wild mango’

lele

‘before’; ‘tadi’

-lee-leː

‘count’; ‘berhitung, hitung’

leeleː

1. ‘COMP’

2. ‘finish’

lehleh

1. ‘pull’

2. ‘pull’

leilei

1. ‘finish’; ‘selesai’

2. ‘finish’

leisangleisaŋ

‘see’; ‘melihat, lihat’

leitaleita

‘shy, ashamed’

lili

‘water’; ‘air’

lihlih

‘mortar’

liiliː

‘peanuts’

liinliːn

‘fly’

liinsamaliːnsama

‘high, elevated’

lilelile

‘heavenly’

lipiilipiː

‘shine’

longloŋ

‘fast’

looloː

1. ‘bark (of a dog)’

2. ‘bark (of a dog)’

lotalota

‘aimlessly’

Loubilaloubila

‘name’

lpanglpaŋ

‘nose’

lukluk

1. ‘sit leaning’

2. ‘bent, not straight (Temporary condition), bend down’

lumanglumaŋ

1. ‘house with a loft for storage’

2. ‘house with a loft for storage’

lumellumel

‘mother-of-pearl flower’; ‘Catasetum pileatum’

lumunglumuŋ

‘spread’

Luu Tateiluː tatei

‘name’

luukaluːka

‘chili pepper’

luutiluːti

‘young (for men)’

mm

1. ‘breast’

2. ‘breast’

mama

‘betelnut basket’

mama

1. ‘each’

2. ‘each’

3. ‘each’

4. ‘cooked’

maamaː

1. ‘go’

2. ‘walk’

3. ‘sail’

4. ‘go’

5. ‘go, left’

maamaː

‘meat’

maamaː

‘sound’

maamaː

1. ‘step (on)’

2. ‘step (on)’

maabongmaːboŋ

‘want’

maaimaːi

‘slave’

maalemaːle

‘cook, boil’; ‘masak’

maalemaːle

1. ‘gossip about, complain about’

2. ‘whisper (to)’

3. ‘grumble’

4. ‘grumble’

mahmah

‘moko drum’

Maimai

‘name’

maimai

‘bamboo’

maimai

‘not want’

maimai

‘stomach’

Maisalmaisal

‘name’

maisimaisi

‘betel vine’; ‘sirih, siri’

makaamakaː

1. ‘bitter’

2. ‘salty’

Makadaimakadai

‘name’

makaimakai

‘taro’

makiimakiː

‘ashes’

malmal

‘sweet’

malemale

1. ‘female’

2. ‘wife’

3. ‘wife’

malemale

‘village’

maleetamaleːta

‘yellow’

manman

‘throat’

manamana

‘debt’

manaamanaː

1. ‘hill, mountain’

2. ‘jungle’

manemane

‘village, dwelling’; ‘kampung’

mangmaŋ

‘already, Pfv’

mangmanemaŋmane

‘part (ways)’

manihmanih

‘thin’

matmat

1. ‘hurt, sick’

2. ‘ill, sick’

mateimatei

‘bat’

mattungmattuŋ

‘correct’; ‘benar’

maumau

‘who’

mayimaji

1. ‘hear, listen’

2. ‘hear, listen’

3. ‘hear, listen’

meme

‘at’

meme

1. ‘come’

2. ‘come’

meme

‘here’

meemeː

1. ‘take’

2. ‘take’

meejameːdʒa

‘table’

menmen

‘come, let us’

metmet

1. ‘take’

2. ‘pick up’

mimi

‘in, di’

mimi

‘place’

mimi

‘used on numerals to express frequency’

mi-mi-

‘Appl’

miimiː

‘sit inanimate’

milaamilaː

1. ‘garden’

2. ‘garden’

3. ‘tribal’

minaakaminaːka

‘smooth, tiny’

minangminaŋ

1. ‘remind’

2. ‘remember’

minauminau

‘what’

miwaahmiwaːh

‘steer, turn’

momo

‘not have’

moimoi

1. ‘banana’

2. ‘papaya’

mokmok

‘deaf’

mongmoŋ

‘python’

Moomoː

‘name’

moomoː

‘bow’

mooimoːi

‘repeatedly’

mooimoːi

‘stay’

mookubaimoːkubai

‘cat’

moolingmoːliŋ

‘neck’

mootormoːtor

‘motorcycle, bike’; ‘sepeda motor, motor’

muimui

‘fall’

muisamuisa

‘old (things), worn-out’

muitaanmuitaːn

1. ‘fall, drop’

2. ‘fall, drop’

mungmuŋ

‘heart’

musingmusiŋ

‘kiss’

mutmut

‘lime’

mutmut

‘plant’

muumuː

‘horn’

muusingmuːsiŋ

‘sniff, smell’

muutungmuːtuŋ

1. ‘smell, kiss’

2. ‘smell, kiss’

3. ‘smell’

nn

1. ‘give to’

2. ‘give to’

-na-na

‘so, thus’

nana

‘I, me’; ‘saya, aku’

na-na-

‘benefactive prefix’

na-na-

‘me’

na'naʔ

‘tears’

naanaː

‘not’; ‘tidak, tida’

naa-naː-

‘me’

nabngnabŋ

‘brother-in-law’

nainai

‘I, me’; ‘saya, aku’

nakanaka

1. ‘older sibling’

2. ‘older sibling’

nalnal

‘I’

nalanala

‘1sg f IV’

namaanamaː

‘voice’

nangnaŋ

‘side’

nang-naŋ-

‘I, me’

natakanataka

‘in laws (parents, nephews and cousins)’

ne-ne-

‘me’; ‘saya, aku’

neeneː

1. ‘smoke’

2. ‘drink’

3. ‘drink’

4. ‘drink’

5. ‘drink’

nee-neː-

‘me, my’

neenneːn

‘add to’

neinei

‘I, me’; ‘saya, aku’

nei-nei-

‘me’

nengneŋ

‘it's me who’

ngŋ

‘eye’

ngaataŋaːta

‘just’

nganiakŋaniak

‘therefore, so’

ngasaŋasa

‘so’

nini

‘name’

nini

‘we (excl)’

ni-ni-

‘me’

ni-ni-

‘we (excl)’

niisingniːsiŋ

1. ‘sit’

2. ‘sit’

3. ‘sit’

4. ‘sit’

5. ‘sit’

no-no-

‘me’

noinoi

‘in-law’

noknok

1. ‘friend’

2. ‘friend’

noknok

‘one’

noonoː

‘reef’

noo-noː-

‘I’

ntente

‘future tense’

nu-nu-

‘me, I’

nunnun

‘together’

nungnuŋ

‘do’

nuwanuwa

‘food’

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