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Most Common Madurese Words
Basa Madura
Essential Madurese vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| oreng | person | O-reng |
| roma | house | RO-ma |
| aeng | water | A-eng |
| kakanan | food | ka-KA-nan |
| gaweyan | work | ga-WE-yan |
| jelen | road | JE-len |
| areng | name | A-reng |
| ana' | child | A-nak |
| bapa' | father | BA-pak |
| embu' | mother | EM-buk |
| tana' | land | TA-nak |
| gunungan | mountain | gu-NUNG-an |
| soca | eye | SO-ca |
| tangan | hand | TA-ngan |
| kabbi | all / everything | KAB-bi |
| ponapah | thing | po-NA-pah |
| buku | book | BOO-ku |
| sako' | friend | SA-kok |
| pasar | market | PA-sar |
| sabellunna | time before | sa-bel-LUN-na |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| ajelen | to walk / go | a-JE-len |
| dato' | to come | DA-tok |
| makan | to eat | MA-kan |
| ngenom | to drink | NGE-nom |
| todus | to sleep | TO-dus |
| nangale' | to see / look | na-NGA-lek |
| ngoca' | to speak / say | NGO-cak |
| ngarte | to know / understand | NGAR-te |
| gawe | to work / do | GA-we |
| melle | to buy | MEL-le |
| ajar | to learn / teach | A-jar |
| nyare | to look for | NYA-re |
| odhi' | to live | O-dik |
| adhu' | to sit | A-duk |
| adeg | to stand | A-deg |
| lari | to run | LA-ri |
| noles | to write | NO-les |
| maca | to read | MA-ca |
| menta | to ask / request | MEN-ta |
| eberri' | to give | e-BER-rik |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| raja | big | RA-ja |
| kene' | small | KE-nek |
| bagus | good / nice | BA-gus |
| jelek | bad | JE-lek |
| anyar | new | A-nyar |
| toa | old | TO-a |
| pote | white | PO-te |
| ireng | black | I-reng |
| mera | red | ME-ra |
| koneng | yellow | KO-neng |
| dingding | cold | DING-ding |
| panas | hot | PA-nas |
| keres | hard | KE-res |
| lembut | soft | LEM-but |
| benyak | many | BE-nyak |
| sakonik | a little / few | sa-KO-nik |
| dhuwur | tall / high | DHOO-wur |
| randha | short / low | RAN-dha |
| ghempang | easy | GHEM-pang |
| settong | one / united | SET-tong |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| saniki | now | sa-NI-ki |
| esok | tomorrow | E-sok |
| kemareen | yesterday | ke-ma-REEN |
| riah | here | RI-ah |
| rowa | there | RO-wa |
| la | already | la |
| mon | if / when | mon |
| tape | but | TA-pe |
| polana | because | po-LA-na |
| kabbi | all / always | KAB-bi |
| bik | very | bik |
| sakonik | a little | sa-KO-nik |
| ceppet | quickly | CEP-pet |
| alakoh | slowly | a-LA-koh |
| bareng | together | BA-reng |
| pole | again | PO-le |
| ban | and / with | ban |
| deddhi | therefore / so | DED-dhi |
| ben | also | ben |
| neng | at / in | neng |