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Language: Biao Min (Dongshan)

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Mien (Changping)
•  Ethnologue Information for bmt
•  OLAC Information for bmt
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 13 entries

• Changed #197576 from "tsui35", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:17:22)
• Changed #197577 from "ŋa31 ȶhaŋ35", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:17:22)
• Changed #197600 from "hwjəi53", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:17:22)
• Changed #197612 from "te35", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:17:22)
• Changed #197614 from "thəi33", "Chinese?", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:17:22)
• Changed #197622 from "ȶɔŋ24", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:17:22)
• Changed #197623 from "ɕɛn35", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:17:22)
• Changed #197627 from "khwai33", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:17:22)
• Changed #197658 from "hu42", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:17:22)
• Changed #197669 from "ȶhui33", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:17:22)
• Changed #197687 from "hau42", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:17:22)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:16:19)
• Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:14:33)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	pau42
2	left	dza24
3	right	sun31
4	leg/foot	tsau24	foot
5	to walk	ȵaŋ31
6	road/path	kla35
7	to come	ta31
8	to turn
9	to swim
10	dirty	lɛ42 thɛ35
11	dust	mən24 dʑin42
12	skin	din53
13	back	jɛn42 ɕɛn33 kla35
14	belly	kai35 təu35
15	bone	swə35
16	intestines	klaŋ31
17	liver	ɬan33
18	breast	nɛ24 pə31
19	shoulder	bja53 tau31
20	to know, be knowledgeable	pəi33
21	to think	ɕaŋ53
22	to fear	khən53 ȡa24
23	blood	san35
24	head	pli35
25	neck	klaŋ33
26	hair	pli35 dzɔŋ33	pli35 = head
27	nose	bli42 khwan53
28	to breathe
29	to sniff, smell	m̥ja24
30	mouth	tsui35	Chinese		L
31	tooth	ŋa31 ȶhaŋ35	Chinese		L
32	tongue	blin42
33	to laugh
34	to cry	ȵan35
35	to vomit	lu35
36	to spit	lja35
37	to eat	ȵin42
38	to chew	dʑiu42
39	to cook	ȶəu35
40	to drink	hup44
41	to bite	than42	to bite (of dogs)
42	to suck	dzun53
43	ear	blau31 kau42 tsaŋ35
44	to hear	m̥ɔŋ24
45	eye	mi53 tɕɛ33
46	to see	mə42
47	to yawn	te35 klɔ42 hɔ33
48	to sleep	mi24
49	to lie down
50	to dream	bəi24
51	to sit	tswəi53
52	to stand	səu35
53	person/human being	min31
54	man/male	bu35 min31
55	woman/female	ȵəu35 min31
56	child	hwjəi53	Chinese		L
57	husband	bu35
58	wife	kau35
59	mother	ȵa24
60	father	tja33
61	house	pla35
62	thatch/roof
63	name	bau24
64	to say	ȶɔ35	Shikou 石口 dialect: kloŋ53
65	rope	ɬaŋ33
66	to tie up, fasten	kləi35
67	to sew	tsu24
68	needle	tɕɛn33
69	to hunt
70	to shoot	te35	Chinese		L
71	to stab, pierce
72	to hit	ŋ̊a53
73	to steal	thəi33	Chinese?		L
74	to kill	tai24
75	to die, be dead	tai42
76	to live, be alive
77	to scratch
78	to cut, hack	dau35
79	stick/wood
80	to split	kjɛ24
81	sharp	kli35
82	dull, blunt	lwəi31
83	to work	wəi24	to do, perform
84	to plant	ȶɔŋ24	Chinese		L
85	to choose	ɕɛn35	Chinese		L
86	to grow	an33
87	to swell
88	to squeeze
89	to hold
90	to dig	un53
91	to buy	nɔŋ42
92	to open, uncover	khwai33	Chinese		L
93	to pound, beat
94	to throw	la35
95	to fall	ta35
96	dog	klu35
97	bird	n̥ɔ42
98	egg	klau24
99	feather	pli33
100	wing
101	to fly	dai24
102	rat	kla24
103	meat/flesh	dʑi31
104	fat/grease	m̥əi33
105	tail	kɔ42 dwai35
106	snake	naŋ33
107	worm (earthworm)	hwjə33
108	louse	sai35	head louse
108	louse	dan35	body louse
109	mosquito	mə42 twan53
110	spider	wan31
111	fish	bla42
112	rotten	hu35
113	branch
114	leaf	nan31
115	root	ɕiu33
116	flower	pjaŋ31
117	fruit	pjau35
118	grass	m̥ja35
119	earth/soil	n̥i42 tau31
120	stone	lau33 pli35
121	sand	sa33 n̥i33
122	water	ən33
123	to flow	thwəi33
124	sea	khwai35
125	salt	dza35
126	lake	hu42	Chinese		L
127	woods/forest	djaŋ24 m̥ɔ42	djaŋ24 = tree
128	sky	lwə31
129	moon	la24 gwaŋ33	moon
129	moon	ɬa24	month
130	star	ɕɛ33 tsaŋ35
131	cloud	hwan24
132	fog	ɕi53 mɔŋ42
133	rain	blə42
134	thunder	lwəi31
135	lightning	hjan42 kwai35
136	wind	hja24
137	to blow	ȶhui33	Chinese		L
138	warm	klan33
139	cold	ȶɔŋ35
140	dry
141	wet	dʑi42
142	heavy	n̥i35
143	fire	təu42
144	to burn	pau35	to burn (a mountain, as in slash-and-burn agriculture)
145	smoke	jɛn33
146	ash	swai35
147	black	kja53
148	white	pa22
149	red	kɔŋ31
149	red	ɕi53
150	yellow	waŋ31
151	green	mɛ33
152	small
153	big	tin42
154	short	naŋ35
155	long	da35
156	thin	blɔ35
157	thick	hau42	Chinese		L
158	narrow	hjɛn42
159	wide	kwaŋ35
160	painful, sick	mun33
160	painful, sick	pɛ42
161	shy, ashamed
162	old	ku24
163	new
164	good	lɔŋ24
165	bad, evil
166	correct, true
167	night
168	day	n̥i42 tau31	sun
168	day	n̥wai33	day (period of time)
169	year	ȵ̊aŋ24
170	when?
171	to hide	tɕen24
172	to climb	ma33
173	at
174	in, inside	ka42 na31	inside
175	above	ka42 su33
176	below	ka42 ti35
177	this	na35
178	that	wə35
179	near	tɕin42
180	far	ku33
181	where?
182	I	kəu35
183	thou	məi31
184	he/she	nin31
185	we	ȶa35
186	you	ȡa35
187	they	a33 tau31
188	what?	di24 dəi31
189	who?	ha24 tau31
190	other
191	all
192	and	kiŋ33
193	if
194	how?	hai24 jɛn42
195	no, not	n24
196	to count
197	One	i33
198	Two	wəi33
199	Three	pau33
200	Four	pləi33
201	Five	pla33
202	Six	klɔ53
203	Seven	ni42
204	Eight	hjɛn42
205	Nine	iu31
206	Ten	ȶhan42
207	Twenty	ȵi42
208	Fifty	uŋ42 ȶhan42
209	One Hundred	i33 pɛ53
210	One Thousand	i33 tɕhɛn33

© 2003-2024: Simon J. Greenhill , Robert Blust, & Russell Gray. (0.00474)

Please cite: Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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