Language: Dzao Min (Daping)

Source/Author:	Mao Zongwu
Identifiers:	ISO-639-3:bpn Glottocode: dzao1238
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 Daping (大坪), Liannan County (连南县), Guangdong, China. Tones: 1 = /44/ 2 = /53/ 3 = /24/ 4 = /44/ 5 = /42/ 6 = /22/ 7 = /44/ 8 = /22/
Data Entry:	Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu Checked By:
Statistics:	Total Data: 184 Number of Retentions: Number of Loans: 13
Classification:	Hmong-Mien:Mienic:Zaomin
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Added Entry from Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 94) - (2011-02-20 21:32:51)
Added Entry from Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 95) - (2011-02-20 21:32:51)
Added Entry from Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 84) - (2011-02-20 21:32:51)
Added Entry from Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 137) - (2011-02-20 21:32:51)
Added Entry from Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 82) - (2011-02-20 21:32:51)
Added Entry from Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 162) - (2011-02-20 21:32:51)
Added Entry from Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 70) - (2011-02-20 21:32:41)
Changed from "tin22" ("fat of physique"), Source: Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 104) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-20 21:12:37)
Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-10 00:03:50)
Changed "silcode" from "" - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:22:21)
Changed "classification" from "" - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:22:21)
Changed #197029 from "sjaŋ24", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:22:21)
Changed #197045 from "tsu24", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:22:21)
Changed #197046 from "həu54", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:22:21)
Changed #197058 from "min53", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:22:21)
Changed #197067 from "mjaŋ53", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:22:21)
Changed #197108 from "ha44", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:22:21)
Changed #197131 from "ɛn44", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:22:21)
Changed #197180 from "sjɛp22", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:22:21)
Changed #197181 from "ȵi22 sjɛp22", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:22:21)
Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:20:32)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	a44 pu44
2	left	tsɔ31
3	right	bja11
4	leg/foot	a44 tau24
5	to walk	dzaŋ53
6	road/path	a44 tsu24
7	to come	tɛi53
8	to turn
9	to swim
10	dirty	ɔu44 tɔu44
11	dust	a44 sɔi24
12	skin	dip44
13	back	lai24 hiŋ24
14	belly	ŋ44 tɛŋ44
15	bone	a44 hiŋ24
16	intestines	a44 kjaŋ53
17	liver	a44 hɔŋ22
18	breast	a44 nin24
19	shoulder	bɔu44 ban53
20	to know, be knowledgeable	bɛi44
21	to think	sjaŋ24	Chinese		L
22	to fear	dzjɛ42
23	blood	a44 dzjɛm24
24	head	pɛi24 fɔu44
25	neck	kuŋ44 kan44	neck, collar, throat (领)
26	hair	pɛi44
27	nose	bi53 kjaŋ53
28	to breathe
29	to sniff, smell	ȵuŋ44
30	mouth	a44 bɛt22
31	tooth	a44 ŋjɛ53
32	tongue	a44 bɛt22
33	to laugh
34	to cry	ȵɛm24
35	to vomit	fɔn44
36	to spit	dɛu42
37	to eat	ȵan22
38	to chew	dɛu22
39	to cook	tsu24	Chinese		L
40	to drink	həu54	Chinese		L
41	to bite	ŋau44
42	to suck	tit44
43	ear	biu53 kɔi24
44	to hear	maŋ42
45	eye	mai53 tɛŋ44		1?
46	to see	mɔŋ22
47	to yawn	ŋa53 dzi53 ti24
48	to sleep	bui42
49	to lie down
50	to dream	bu42
51	to sit	hɛi44
52	to stand	fu24
53	person/human being	min53	Chinese		L
54	man/male	kjaŋ53 min53
55	woman/female	sa44 min53
56	child	siu44 kan53
57	husband	a44 kjaŋ22
58	wife	a44 sa44
59	mother	a44 dzɛi44
60	father	a44 ba44
61	house	a44 piu24
62	thatch/roof
63	name	mjaŋ53	Chinese		L
64	to say	kɔŋ24
65	rope	a44 diu42
66	to tie up, fasten	dɔu53
67	to sew	ai42
68	needle	a44 tsum44
69	to hunt
70	to shoot	bun24
71	to stab, pierce
72	to hit	kɛt44
73	to steal	ȵɛm22
74	to kill	dai42
75	to die, be dead	tai22
76	to live, be alive
77	to scratch
78	to cut, hack	dau24
79	stick/wood
80	to split	ka44
81	sharp	hɛi22
82	dull, blunt	tun53	Chinese loanword		L
83	to work	ai42	to do, perform
84	to plant	tsuŋ42	Chinese loanword		L
85	to choose	kan24
86	to grow
87	to swell
88	to squeeze
89	to hold
90	to dig	vɛt44
91	to buy	mai44
92	to open, uncover	da24
93	to pound, beat
94	to throw	dzai53
95	to fall	dɔu44	Chinese loanword		L
96	dog	a44 ku24		1?
97	bird	a44 nɔu22
98	egg	tsu42
99	feather	pɛi44
100	wing
101	to fly	sɛi44
102	rat	kjaŋ53 kjaŋ44
103	meat/flesh	a44 hɔi53
104	fat/grease	mi44
105	tail	a44 dui24
106	snake	a44 nɔŋ44
107	worm (earthworm)	kai24 dziŋ44 nɔŋ44
108	louse	a44 dzɛi24
109	mosquito	mɔŋ44 tup22 du24
110	spider	mɔŋ53 kuŋ22 tsaŋ24
111	fish	a44 biu44
112	rotten	vai22
113	branch
114	leaf	num53
115	root	kɔŋ53
116	flower	pjaŋ53
117	fruit	a44 bɛu24
118	grass	a44 mjɛ24
119	earth/soil	a44 nɛi44
120	stone	dzu44 pɛi24
121	sand	ha44	Chinese		L
122	water	m24
123	to flow	li22
124	sea	a44 hɔi24
125	salt	a44 dzjam53
126	lake	vu24
127	woods/forest	djaŋ42 kan44
128	sky	vaŋ53
129	moon	lɔu22 kɔu24	month
129	moon	ŋou42	moon
130	star	hɔu44 hɛŋ44
131	cloud	vɔn42
132	fog	mu22
133	rain	a44 biŋ22
134	thunder	bjau44 kɔŋ44
135	lightning	bjau44 mai22
136	wind	dzau42
137	to blow	dzi53 ti24
137	to blow	sui42	Chinese loanword		L
138	warm	tsam44	hot
139	cold	kuŋ24
140	dry
141	wet	kap22
142	heavy	nɛi24
143	fire	a44 tu44
144	to burn	bu24	to burn (a mountain, as in slash-and-burn agriculture)
145	smoke	ɛn44	Chinese		L
146	ash	a44 sɔi24	= dust
147	black	kjɛ44
148	white	pɛ21
149	red	sjɛ44
150	yellow	vjaŋ53
151	green	mɛŋ44
152	small
153	big	tam53
154	short	naŋ53
155	long	du24
156	thin	pjɛ22
157	thick	hu44
158	narrow	hɛp22
159	wide	kjaŋ24
160	painful, sick	man44	painful
160	painful, sick	a44 man44	sick
161	shy, ashamed
162	old	ku42
163	new
164	good	dzɔŋ42
165	bad, evil
166	correct, true
167	night	vaŋ53 mɔŋ42
168	day	ka22 nai44	day
168	day	a44 nai44	sun
169	year	ȵaŋ42
170	when?
171	to hide	ba22
172	to climb	hɔu42
173	at
174	in, inside	diŋ44 guŋ44 bjɛn22	inside
175	above	diŋ42
176	below	a44 di24
177	this	na24
178	that	vɛi42
179	near	tsan22
180	far	kɔu44
181	where?
182	I	tsjɛ44
183	thou	mui53
184	he/she	vɛi44
185	we	bu44
186	you	ȵiu24
187	they	vɛi44 dui24
188	what?	si53 ni44
189	who?	si53 min53
190	other
191	all
192	and	ka44
193	if
194	how?	ha22 ni22
195	no, not	ŋ53
196	to count	da24
197	One	a44
198	Two	vi42
199	Three	bu42
200	Four	pɛi42
201	Five	pjɛ42
202	Six	tɔu44
203	Seven	ȵi22
204	Eight	dzat22
205	Nine	ku53
206	Ten	sjɛp22	Chinese		L
207	Twenty	ȵi22 sjɛp22	Chinese		L
208	Fifty	ŋ44 sjɛp22
209	One Hundred	a44 ba44
210	One Thousand	a44 hun44

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