Language: Laha (Ta Mit)

Source/Author:	Wardlaw & Edmondson
Identifiers:	ISO-639-3:lha Glottocode: laha1250
Notes:	Source: Wardlaw, Terrance Randall. A phonological comparison between two varieties of Laha: Syllable constituents and tone in Ta Mit and Noong Lay Laha. M.A. Thesis, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2000. Spoken in Tà Mít Commune, Than Uyên District, Lào Cai, Vietnam. The 5 Ta Mit Laha tones are: level: /33/ rising: /24/ falling: /42/ rising-falling: /243/ falling-rising: /423/
Problems:	Data is scant, as this variety had only been documented by Edmondson in the late 1990's.
Data Entry:	Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu Checked By:
Statistics:	Total Data: 142 Number of Retentions: Number of Loans: 3
Classification:	Tai-Kadai:Kra:Eastern Kra
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Changed "notes" from "Source: Wardlaw, Terrance Randall. A phonological comparison between two varieties of Laha: Syllable constituents and tone in Ta Mit and Noong Lay Laha. M.A. Thesis, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2000. Spoken in Tà Mít Commune, Than Uyên District, Lào Cai, Vietnam. Data was collected from Hỗng Văn Phòm of Tà Mít by Jerold A. Edmondson. A few publications from Edmondson were also consulted. The 5 Ta Mit Laha tones are: level: /33/ rising: /24/ falling: /42/ rising-falling: /243/ falling-rising: /423/" - Simon Greenhill (2015-01-07 01:39:12)
Source: Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 136) - Simon Greenhill (2012-06-11 01:50:21)
Changed #181004 from "xau212 ju42", "Chinese ?", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-11-29 00:29:06)
Changed #181053 from "tʰɛn33", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-11-29 00:29:06)
Changed #181059 from "tʰɛn33 tʰan33", "tʰɛn33 = sky, a Chinese loanword", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-11-29 00:29:06)
Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2010-11-29 00:28:38)
Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2010-11-29 00:26:07)

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ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	ɔn42 kə33 ma33		1
2	left	bɯŋ33 mɛɛŋ24		49, 52
3	right	bən̥33 ki42		49
4	leg/foot	pak24 kʰɯk33		31
5	to walk
6	road/path	lə33 xɯn33 wa42
7	to come	xɔ42
8	to turn
9	to swim	lai24		1
10	dirty
11	dust
12	skin
13	back	li33 lɯn33		1?
14	belly
15	bone	thak32
16	intestines	soi423
17	liver	tap33		1
18	breast	lə33 ɯk42
19	shoulder	fiŋ42 fa24
20	to know, be knowledgeable	sai24
21	to think	ŋam212		1
22	to fear	ɐn33 la33
23	blood	paat24
24	head	la33 xɐi243
25	neck	kə33 ʑɔ33
26	hair	ma33 sam33
27	nose	ɲɛt33
28	to breathe
29	to sniff, smell	ai24
30	mouth	man24
31	tooth	suŋ42		33
32	tongue	ka33 lɪn42		36
33	to laugh
34	to cry
35	to vomit	ʔa33 ɔɔk33
36	to spit
37	to eat	au42
38	to chew	ɲaŋ42
39	to cook	kɯ33 mɐu42
40	to drink	au42
41	to bite	ai24
42	to suck
43	ear	ka33 ha33	Most other TK languages have a high tone for this word, but Laha has a low tone.
44	to hear	ɲɯi243
45	eye	maak42 ta243		1
46	to see	dom24
47	to yawn
48	to sleep	xau212 ju42	Chinese ?		L
49	to lie down
50	to dream	nu243 t͡ʃə42 'pan243	noun	1
51	to sit	ɲɪn42
52	to stand
53	person/human being	xɯn33
54	man/male	lək33 xɯn33 kə33 pau42
55	woman/female	kɔ42 mai42
56	child	lɐ33 sɐi42	cf. Puyuma alak	1
57	husband	mɐ33 si33
58	wife	mɐ33 t͡ʃɔ33
59	mother
60	father	au423
61	house	nɐm33 tom42
62	thatch/roof
63	name	t͡ʃu42
64	to say
65	rope	sɔ42 fɐn24
66	to tie up, fasten
67	to sew
68	needle	mɐ33 hɛ33
69	to hunt	hu33	as in ba243 nu33 'hunting dog'
70	to shoot
71	to stab, pierce
72	to hit
73	to steal	pom42
74	to kill	ma33 hɯn33
75	to die, be dead	fɯn42
76	to live, be alive	an42
77	to scratch
78	to cut, hack	at33 bɐŋ42 fa42	to cut with a knife
79	stick/wood
80	to split
81	sharp
82	dull, blunt
83	to work
84	to plant
85	to choose
86	to grow	ma212
87	to swell
88	to squeeze
89	to hold
90	to dig
91	to buy	t͡ʃɯn42
92	to open, uncover	hak42
93	to pound, beat
94	to throw
95	to fall	ɯk33
96	dog	ba243
97	bird	mə24 nɯk42		1
98	egg	ma33 tam33
99	feather	mɛ33
100	wing
101	to fly	hɯn42
102	rat	lai423
103	meat/flesh	nɔ24
104	fat/grease
105	tail	sɯt33
106	snake	ŋa33
107	worm (earthworm)	ŋa33 wak24	ŋa33 = snake
108	louse	maŋ33 ku33	head louse
108	louse	ma33 tʰan33	body louse
109	mosquito	mɛɛŋ33 ʑaŋ33
110	spider	səŋ42 sau243	PAN *kakaCu ?
111	fish	mə33 la33	cf. Puyuma bulaw	2?
112	rotten	poi423
113	branch
114	leaf	tʰɯŋ42		1?
115	root
116	flower	bak33		22
117	fruit	mat24		1
118	grass	dau242
119	earth/soil	ma33 kup24
120	stone	dun42		1?
121	sand	ɲai42	PAN *bunaj ?	1
122	water	uŋ42		40
123	to flow
124	sea
125	salt	ɲɔ33
126	lake
127	woods/forest	pa33 t͡ʃɯn42
128	sky	tʰɛn33	Chinese		L
129	moon	ma33 tʰan33		1
130	star	mɐ33 luŋ33		1?
131	cloud	mɔɔk33
132	fog	mui243	PMP *kabut ?	1?
133	rain	tʰɛn33 ʑɛn33		1
134	thunder	tʰɛn33 tʰan33	tʰɛn33 = sky, a Chinese loanword		L
135	lightning	mo33 a33 lap33
136	wind	wan33 ui31
137	to blow	hop33		1
138	warm	kɐ42 tu42	hot
139	cold	bi24
140	dry	xa42
141	wet	hɯŋ24
142	heavy	xɐn42
143	fire	pɯi42		1
144	to burn
145	smoke
146	ash	tʰu42
147	black	diŋ42
148	white	dan33
149	red	dət33
150	yellow	lɯŋ243
151	green	xu42
152	small
153	big	hɐn33 duŋ42
154	short	tam212
155	long
156	thin
157	thick
158	narrow	xap42
159	wide	waŋ24
160	painful, sick
161	shy, ashamed
162	old	kɛ42	old/elderly person
163	new	man33
164	good	ai42
165	bad, evil	fan24
166	correct, true
167	night	kʰa33 lɯŋ33	cf. Puyuma qəzəm 'dark'
167	night	la33 kan33
168	day	wɐn42
169	year	ma33 tʰan33
170	when?
171	to hide	tʰeo24
172	to climb
173	at
174	in, inside	bəŋ33 kun42
175	above	ɐn33 ʔu42
176	below	ɐn33 tʰaŋ42
177	this
178	that
179	near	ka33 la42
180	far	kɐ33 lui33
181	where?
182	I	ɪn42
183	thou	ma33		1
184	he/she	ka42
185	we	mo33 ɔ42	inclusive
185	we	mo33 ɪn42	exclusive
186	you
187	they
188	what?
189	who?
190	other	han42 ta42
191	all	tiŋ33 ka42
192	and
193	if
194	how?
195	no, not
196	to count
197	One	t͡ʃam42		1
198	Two	sa42		1
199	Three	tu42		1
200	Four	pa33		11
201	Five	ma33		1
202	Six	dɐm42		1
203	Seven	tʰo42		1
204	Eight	mɐ33 hu33		1
205	Nine	sə33 wa24		1
206	Ten	pɯt33		1
207	Twenty
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand

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