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Language: Amis (Farang)

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Amis (Central)
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Amis (Fata'an)
•  Ethnologue Information for ami
•  OLAC Information for ami
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for ami
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 10 entries

• Updated Language Details - Malcolm Ross (2016-06-10 10:45:36)
• Changed from "mapuniʡ" (Word 112) - Emily Gasser (2015-09-27 23:26:20)
• Changed from "maumah" (Word 83) - Emily Gasser (2015-09-27 22:13:21)
• Changed #203194 from "ʔinaʔ", "term of reference, term of address", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-04-07 02:15:11)
• Changed #203195 from "winaʔ", "term of reference, term of address", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-04-07 02:15:11)
• Changed #203196 from "ʔamaʔ", "term of reference, term of address", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-04-07 02:15:11)
• Changed #203197 from "wamaʔ", "term of reference, term of address", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-04-07 02:15:11)
• Changed "silcode" from "" - Simon Greenhill (2011-04-07 02:14:46)
• Changed "classification" from "" - Simon Greenhill (2011-04-07 02:14:46)
• Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2011-04-07 02:08:30)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	ʔulimaʔ		1
2	left	kawiliʔ		1, 42
3	right	kawanan		1, 62
4	leg/foot	ʔuʔuʡ		46
5	to walk	lumakat		40
6	road/path	lalan		1
7	to come	puhay
8	to turn	miliyun		2
9	to swim	miɬaŋuy		1
10	dirty	sikaɬit		90
11	dust
12	skin	faŋəs		26
13	back	kurur		69
14	belly	tiaɬ		1
15	bone	ʡukak		19
16	intestines	tinaiʡ		1
17	liver	ʡatay		1
18	breast	cucuʔ		1
19	shoulder	ʡavalaʔ		1
20	to know, be knowledgeable	mavanaʡ		2
21	to think	mihalatəŋ		56
22	to fear	matalaw		34
23	blood	ʔilaŋ		36
24	head	foŋoh		2
25	neck	liʔəl		1
26	hair	fukəs		1
27	nose	ŋusuʡ		27
28	to breathe	mihuɬyak
29	to sniff, smell	mahanək		1
30	mouth	nuyus		65
31	tooth	waɬis		2
32	tongue	səmaʔ		1
33	to laugh	matawaʔ		1
34	to cry	maŋic		1
35	to vomit	maʔutaʡ		1
36	to spit	supaʡ		19, 86
37	to eat	kumaʔən		1
38	to chew	miʔicay
39	to cook	mitaŋtaŋ		72
40	to drink	minanum	clear replacement innovation	19
41	to bite	mikalat		1
42	to suck	mihəɬut
43	ear	taŋilaʔ		1
44	to hear	mitəŋir		46
45	eye	mataʔ		1
46	to see	maʡaraw		72
47	to yawn	masuwaf		19
48	to sleep	mavutiʡ		73
49	to lie down
50	to dream	nitiʔih
51	to sit	maruʡ		89
52	to stand	tumirəŋ		50
53	person/human being
54	man/male	faʡinayan		58
55	woman/female	fafahiʔan		1, 105
56	child	wawaʔ		57
57	husband
58	wife
59	mother	ʔinaʔ	term of reference	1
59	mother	winaʔ	term of address	1
60	father	ʔamaʔ	term of reference	1
60	father	wamaʔ	term of address	1
61	house	lumaʡ		1
62	thatch/roof	faɬahun		34
63	name	naŋan		1
64	to say	caciaw
65	rope	raic		70
66	to tie up, fasten	miLuLuŋ
67	to sew	mitapiɬ		58
68	needle	linum		28
69	to hunt	miʡaɬup		1
70	to shoot	mipanaʡ		1
71	to stab, pierce	mikutaŋ
72	to hit	mistiʡ		79
73	to steal	mitakaw		1
74	to kill	mipatay		2
75	to die, be dead	mapatay		1, 35
76	to live, be alive	namal
77	to scratch	mikuskus		27
78	to cut, hack	mivkaʡ
79	stick/wood	kilaŋ	tree, wood	20
80	to split	maplaʔ		69
81	sharp	sihinaŋ		48
82	dull, blunt
83	to work	maumah	*q > 0? -EG	1
84	to plant	palumaʔ		23
85	to choose	mipiliʡ		1
86	to grow	taʔaŋay
87	to swell	malivawaʔ		26
88	to squeeze	mihətəc		41
89	to hold	mitatuy
90	to dig	mikulkul		18
91	to buy	miʔacaʔ		41
92	to open, uncover	mivawah		53
93	to pound, beat	mativək		38
94	to throw	mivəŋəs
95	to fall	matəvaɬ
96	dog	wacuʔ		1
97	bird	ʡayam		2
98	egg	fitaʔul		50
99	feather	ʔupih		57
100	wing	sapikpik		33
101	to fly	maʔəvər		64
102	rat	cicic
102	rat	maɬavaw	[ɬ] for expected [l]? -EG	1
103	meat/flesh	həciʔ	muscle; also means 'fruit'	1
104	fat/grease	sasipuʔ
105	tail	wikur		1
106	snake	ʡunar		56
107	worm (earthworm)	ʔalikak		54
108	louse	kutuʔ		1
109	mosquito	likəs		2
110	spider	falalutuŋ		29
111	fish	futiŋ		29
112	rotten	mapuniʡ	Initial p? -EG	90
113	branch	caʡaŋ		40
114	leaf	papah		27
115	root	lamit		3
116	flower
117	fruit	həciʔ		32
118	grass	rəŋəs		65
119	earth/soil	səlaʔ		48
120	stone	fakluh		36
121	sand	tavuk		3
122	water	nanum		1
123	to flow	lumakat
124	sea	liyar		56
125	salt	cinah		1?
126	lake	fanaw	*banaw	33
127	woods/forest
128	sky	kakarayan		2
129	moon	vulaɬ		1
130	star	fuʡes		49
131	cloud	tuʔəm	metathesis? -EG	109
132	fog
133	rain	ʡuraɬ		1
134	thunder	kakəreŋ		69
135	lightning	fitiliʔ
136	wind	faliʔ		2
137	to blow	miʔiyuf		1
138	warm	faʔɬət	hot	82
139	cold	siʔnaw		85
140	dry	maʡicaŋ		33
141	wet	macpaʡ		78
142	heavy	kaltəŋ		52
143	fire	namal		14
144	to burn	matuɬuh		1
145	smoke	ʡacəvər	irreg. final C -EG	1
146	ash	ʡavuʔ		1
147	black	kuhtiŋ		63
148	white	hucal		79
149	red	kahŋaŋ		77
150	yellow
151	green	kanɬaw		22
152	small	mimiŋay		87
153	big	taʔaŋay		70
154	short	kamutuʡ		107
155	long	kiʔiɬaw
156	thin	kuhpic		1, 45
157	thick	kiftul		52
158	narrow
159	wide	kakahaɬ		52
160	painful, sick	ʔaɬaɬaʔ		79
161	shy, ashamed	maŋuɬuʔ		47
162	old	malitəŋ
163	new	faʔroh		1
164	good	ŋaʡay		90
165	bad, evil	tatiʔih		68
166	correct, true	mayanaʡ
167	night	laviʔiʔ	before midnight	21
168	day	taʔŋaɬ	day, sun
168	day	ciɬal	day, sun	5
169	year	mehcaʔ		60
170	when?	hacua		18
171	to hide
172	to climb	mikucakuc
173	at
174	in, inside	lalumaʡ	interior of a house	18
175	above	kafəaŋ
176	below	kalənuʔ		67
176	below	laʔənuʔ		67
177	this	ʔunini		1
178	that	ʔira		24
179	near	maŋataʔ		82
180	far	maraʔay		22
181	where?	ʔicuaʔ		23
182	I	kaku		1
183	thou	kisu		1
184	he/she	cinira		1?
185	we	kita	inclusive	1
185	we	kami	exclusive	2
186	you	kamu		1
187	they	canira		1, 49
187	they	ʔumira		1, 49
188	what?	ʔumaʔan		40
189	who?	cimaʔ		2
190	other	tauʔ	other person	23
191	all	ʔaluman
192	and	a		21
193	if	ʔano		2
194	how?	samaʔan		36
195	no, not	cuwaʔ
196	to count	miʡusiʔ		59
197	One	cəcay		1, 61
198	Two	tusaʔ		1
199	Three	tuluʔ		1
200	Four	səpat		1
201	Five	limaʔ		1
202	Six	ʔənəm		1
203	Seven	pituʔ		1
204	Eight	faluʔ	Expected initial [w] -EG	3
205	Nine	siwaʔ		5
206	Ten	məʔtəp		24
206	Ten	puluʡ		5
207	Twenty
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand

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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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