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Language: Mien (Jiangdi)

Source/Author:  Mao Zongwu 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:ium  Glottocode: iumi1238 
Notes:  毛宗武 / Mao Zongwu. 瑤族勉语方言研究 / Yao zu Mian yu fang yan yan jiu [A Study of Mien Dialects]. Beijing: 民族出版社 / Min zu chu ban she, 2004.

The selected dialect is that of Jiangdi (江底), Longsheng County (龙胜县), Guangxi, China.

Tones:
1 = /33/
2 = /31/
3 = /52/
4 = /231/
5 = /24/
6 = /13/
7 = /55/
8 = /12/ 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu  Checked By:  
Statistics: 
  • Total Data: 181
  • Number of Retentions:
  • Number of Loans: 15
 
Classification:  Hmong-Mien:Mienic:Mian-Jin 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand pwo231      
2 left tsa:i24      
3 right bja:u13      
4 leg/foot tsau24 foot    
5 to walk jaŋ31      
6 road/path tɕau52      
7 to come ta:i31      
8 to turn word info      
9 to swim      
10 dirty lai31 tha:t55      
11 dust nje33 buŋ33      
12 skin dop55      
13 back word info si31 ta:n231      
14 belly ke31 sje33      
15 bone buŋ52      
16 intestines tɕa:ŋ31      
17 liver ɬan33      
18 breast ȵo24      
19 shoulder pwo231 tau31      
20 to know, be knowledgeable pei33      
21 to think n̥am52      
22 to fear ka31 dzje 24      
23 blood dzja:m52      
24 head pu31 go:ŋ52      
25 neck tɕa:ŋ33 neck, collar, throat (领)    
26 hair word info pu31 pjei33      
27 nose bjut12 khot55      
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell n̥om52      
30 mouth dzu:i31 Chinese   L
31 tooth ȵa31      
32 tongue bjet12      
33 to laugh      
34 to cry ȵom52      
35 to vomit lu52      
36 to spit thu:i52      
37 to eat ȵen13      
38 to chew word info dziu13      
39 to cook word info tsou52 Chinese   L
40 to drink hop55 Chinese   L
41 to bite tap12      
42 to suck so55      
43 ear mu31 no:m31      
44 to hear mwaŋ24      
45 eye mwei13 tsi:ŋ33      
46 to see maŋ13      
47 to yawn khau31 lwei13      
48 to sleep pwei24      
49 to lie down word info      
50 to dream bei24      
51 to sit tswei231 Chinese   L
52 to stand sou52      
53 person/human being mjen31 Chinese   L
54 man/male bja:u31      
55 woman/female mjen31 sje55      
56 child fei31 tɕwei52      
57 husband gu24      
58 wife au52      
59 mother ma13      
60 father tje24      
61 house pjau52      
62 thatch/roof      
63 name bwo24      
64 to say ko:ŋ52      
65 rope ɬa:ŋ33      
66 to tie up, fasten sai33      
67 to sew word info tsu231      
68 needle sim33      
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info pwan52      
71 to stab, pierce      
72 to hit word info bo55      
73 to steal nim13      
74 to kill tai24      
75 to die, be dead tai13      
76 to live, be alive      
77 to scratch word info      
78 to cut, hack word info tɕɛ55      
79 stick/wood      
80 to split word info phit55      
81 sharp tzim31      
82 dull, blunt do:ŋ52 Chinese loanword   L
83 to work word info tsou24 to do, perform    
84 to plant tswaŋ24 Chinese loanword   L
85 to choose sjen52      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info om24      
88 to squeeze word info      
89 to hold word info      
90 to dig mwo55      
91 to buy ma:i231 Chinese   L
92 to open, uncover kho:i33 Chinese   L
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info djou24 Chinese loanword   L
95 to fall word info phjet55      
96 dog tɕu52      
97 bird no12   1  
98 egg tɕau24      
99 feather pjei33      
100 wing      
101 to fly dai24      
102 rat na:u231      
103 meat/flesh o52      
104 fat/grease m̥ei33      
105 tail twei52      
106 snake na:ŋ33      
107 worm (earthworm) na:ŋ33 dzuŋ33      
108 louse word info dzei52      
109 mosquito muŋ231 ȵai31      
110 spider ke31 ȵo13      
111 fish bjau231      
112 rotten word info hu52      
113 branch word info      
114 leaf no:m31      
115 root dzuŋ31      
116 flower pjaŋ31      
117 fruit pjou52      
118 grass mje52      
119 earth/soil dau33      
120 stone lai31 pjei52      
121 sand lai31 fa:i33 nje33      
122 water word info wam33      
123 to flow ljou13      
124 sea kho:i52      
125 salt dzau52      
126 lake hu31      
127 woods/forest djaŋ24 lom13      
128 sky luŋ31      
129 moon ɬa24      
130 star ɬei24      
131 cloud word info mou13      
132 fog mou13      
133 rain bjuŋ13      
134 thunder bwo231      
135 lightning bwo231 li:ŋ53      
136 wind dzja:u24      
137 to blow word info pjom52      
138 warm word info wjo55 hot    
139 cold word info tɕwaŋ52      
140 dry word info      
141 wet do:n33      
142 heavy n̥je52      
143 fire tou231      
144 to burn word info pwo52 to burn (a mountain, as in slash-and-burn agriculture)    
145 smoke word info sjou24      
146 ash sa:i52      
147 black tɕe55      
148 white pɛ12      
149 red si55      
150 yellow wjaŋ31      
151 green mɛ:ŋ33      
152 small      
153 big tom31      
154 short word info naŋ52      
155 long word info da:u52      
156 thin word info pje12      
157 thick word info hu231      
158 narrow hep12      
159 wide kwjaŋ52      
160 painful, sick mun33 painful    
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info ku24      
163 new      
164 good loŋ24      
165 bad, evil      
166 correct, true      
167 night mwan231      
168 day n̥o:i33      
169 year ȵ ̥aŋ24      
170 when? word info      
171 to hide word info pi:ŋ24      
172 to climb word info ȵo:ŋ33      
173 at      
174 in, inside ka31 ȵwo231 inside    
175 above ka31 ŋa:i13      
176 below ka31 dje52      
177 this na:i52      
178 that wo52      
179 near fat55      
180 far ku33      
181 where? word info      
182 I je33      
183 thou mwei31      
184 he/she nen31      
185 we word info je33 bwo33      
186 you mwei31 bwo33      
187 they nen31 bwo33      
188 what? word info ke24 ȵou33      
189 who? word info ha:i24 tau31      
190 other      
191 all      
192 and tshin33      
193 if      
194 how? word info ha:i24 ȵuŋ31      
195 no, not n24      
196 to count fun24      
197 One word info jet12      
198 Two word info i33      
199 Three word info pwo33      
200 Four word info pjei33      
201 Five word info pja33      
202 Six word info tɕu55      
203 Seven word info sje13      
204 Eight word info ɕet12      
205 Nine word info dwo31      
206 Ten word info tsjop12 Chinese   L
207 Twenty word info ȵi13 tsjop12 Chinese   L
208 Fifty word info ŋ ̥ŋ231 tsjop12 Chinese   L
209 One Hundred word info jet12 pɛ55 Chinese   L
210 One Thousand word info jet12 tshin33 Chinese   L

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