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Language: Mien (Jiangdi)

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Mien (Tashi)
•  Ethnologue Information for ium
•  OLAC Information for ium
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for mie
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 25 entries

• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2023-01-24 04:20:47)
• Added Entry from Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 95) - (2011-02-20 21:32:57)
• Added Entry from Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 84) - (2011-02-20 21:32:57)
• Added Entry from Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 137) - (2011-02-20 21:32:57)
• Added Entry from Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 148) - (2011-02-20 21:32:57)
• Added Entry from Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 162) - (2011-02-20 21:32:57)
• Added Entry from Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 82) - (2011-02-20 21:32:57)
• Added Entry from Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 94) - (2011-02-20 21:32:51)
• Added Entry from Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 70) - (2011-02-20 21:32:41)
• Changed from "tɕun13", existing items mean fat [of physique], Source: Andrew C. Hsiu (Word 104) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-20 21:10:37)
• Updated Language Details (Tones) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-10 00:03:35)
• Changed "classification" from "" - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:25:16)
• Changed #197217 from "dzu:i31", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:25:16)
• Changed #197225 from "tsou52", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:25:16)
• Changed #197226 from "hop55", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:25:16)
• Changed #197236 from "tswei231", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:25:16)
• Changed #197238 from "mjen31", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:25:16)
• Changed #197264 from "ma:i231", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:25:16)
• Changed #197265 from "kho:i33", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:25:16)
• Changed #197359 from "tsjop12", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:25:16)
• Changed #197360 from "ȵi13 tsjop12", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:25:16)
• Changed #197361 from "ŋ ̥ŋ231 tsjop12", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:25:16)
• Changed #197362 from "jet12 pɛ55", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:25:16)
• Changed #197363 from "jet12 tshin33", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:25:16)
• Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-08 04:22:48)

Entries:

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
9	to swim
10	dirty	lai31 tha:t55
11	dust	nje33 buŋ33
12	skin	dop55
13	back	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	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	dziu13
39	to cook	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
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	tsu231
68	needle	sim33
69	to hunt
70	to shoot	pwan52
71	to stab, pierce
72	to hit	bo55
73	to steal	nim13
74	to kill	tai24
75	to die, be dead	tai13
76	to live, be alive
77	to scratch
78	to cut, hack	tɕɛ55
79	stick/wood
80	to split	phit55
81	sharp	tzim31
82	dull, blunt	do:ŋ52	Chinese loanword		L
83	to work	tsou24	to do, perform
84	to plant	tswaŋ24	Chinese loanword		L
85	to choose	sjen52
86	to grow
87	to swell	om24
88	to squeeze
89	to hold
90	to dig	mwo55
91	to buy	ma:i231	Chinese		L
92	to open, uncover	kho:i33	Chinese		L
93	to pound, beat
94	to throw	djou24	Chinese loanword		L
95	to fall	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	dzei52
109	mosquito	muŋ231 ȵai31
110	spider	ke31 ȵo13
111	fish	bjau231
112	rotten	hu52
113	branch
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	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	mou13
132	fog	mou13
133	rain	bjuŋ13
134	thunder	bwo231
135	lightning	bwo231 li:ŋ53
136	wind	dzja:u24
137	to blow	pjom52
138	warm	wjo55	hot
139	cold	tɕwaŋ52
140	dry
141	wet	do:n33
142	heavy	n̥je52
143	fire	tou231
144	to burn	pwo52	to burn (a mountain, as in slash-and-burn agriculture)
145	smoke	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	naŋ52
155	long	da:u52
156	thin	pje12
157	thick	hu231
158	narrow	hep12
159	wide	kwjaŋ52
160	painful, sick	mun33	painful
161	shy, ashamed
162	old	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?
171	to hide	pi:ŋ24
172	to climb	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?
182	I	je33
183	thou	mwei31
184	he/she	nen31
185	we	je33 bwo33
186	you	mwei31 bwo33
187	they	nen31 bwo33
188	what?	ke24 ȵou33
189	who?	ha:i24 tau31
190	other
191	all
192	and	tshin33
193	if
194	how?	ha:i24 ȵuŋ31
195	no, not	n24
196	to count	fun24
197	One	jet12
198	Two	i33
199	Three	pwo33
200	Four	pjei33
201	Five	pja33
202	Six	tɕu55
203	Seven	sje13
204	Eight	ɕet12
205	Nine	dwo31
206	Ten	tsjop12	Chinese		L
207	Twenty	ȵi13 tsjop12	Chinese		L
208	Fifty	ŋ ̥ŋ231 tsjop12	Chinese		L
209	One Hundred	jet12 pɛ55	Chinese		L
210	One Thousand	jet12 tshin33	Chinese		L

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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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