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Language: Amis (Central)

Source/Author:  R. Blust, Dorinda Liu 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:ami  Glottocode: amis1246 
Notes:  [o] and [u] are allophonic variations in Amis. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: R. Blust, Dorinda Liu  Checked By:  
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  • Total Data: 338
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  • Number of Loans: 1
 
Classification:  Austronesian:East Formosan:Amis 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
175 above fafukaŋ (n.)    
191 all ma-puluq      
191 all ma-puloŋ      
191 all maʔmiŋ   1  
192 and a   21  
146 ash lafuh   67  
146 ash ʕafo   1  
173 at i   1  
13 back word info kulur   69  
13 back word info koror   69  
165 bad, evil tatiʔih bad/ugly/evil (general term for negative property) 68  
14 belly ti(j)aL belly, abdomen 1  
176 below laʔnu (n.) 67  
153 big angay   70  
153 big tataqang   70  
153 big tataʔak   71  
153 big tataʔaŋ   70  
97 bird tupi      
97 bird ayam   2  
147 black kuheting-ay   63  
147 black kuh(e)tiŋ   63  
23 blood remes   44  
15 bone ukak   19  
15 bone okak   19  
113 branch word info caqang   40  
113 branch word info capaʔ branches for a tree 41  
113 branch word info cipaʔ branches for a river 41  
18 breast faluhaŋ breast/chest 42  
18 breast falohaŋ breast/chest 42  
18 breast cucu breast of woman/udder/teat 1  
56 child wawa   57  
131 cloud word info LuLem   35  
131 cloud word info kaLit general term for cloud    
131 cloud word info tuʔem metathesis? -EG 109  
139 cold word info siqenaw   85  
139 cold word info siʔ(e)naw   85  
166 correct, true ma-tama      
168 day rumiad   43  
10 dirty ma-acek "disgusting"    
10 dirty ma-kaLit mi- AF marker 90  
96 dog wacu   1  
140 dry word info ma-icaŋ   33  
82 dull, blunt matales blunt of a blade    
11 dust taʔfod      
43 ear taŋila   1  
119 earth/soil serah   48  
119 earth/soil sutaʕ      
98 egg fitaqul   50  
98 egg fitaʔol   50  
204 Eight word info falu from Laurent Sagart; Expected initial [w] -EG 3  
204 Eight word info falo Expected initial [w] -EG 3  
45 eye mata   1  
180 far ma-laʔay   22  
104 fat/grease simar   2  
60 father mama   1, 10  
99 feather upih feather 57  
99 feather fanuh body hair/feathers 59  
208 Fifty word info cecay lîan      
143 fire namar EG check these. 14  
143 fire lamar   14  
111 fish futiŋ   29  
201 Five word info lima   1  
116 flower hana (< Japanese)   L
132 fog takulah (small)    
132 fog qopqopaj (big)    
200 Four word info sepat   1  
200 Four word info s(e)pat   1  
117 fruit      
164 good ma-fancal   89  
164 good fancal good/beautiful/fine (general term for positive property) 89  
118 grass rengus   65  
118 grass leŋos   65  
151 green kangraw-ay   22  
151 green kaŋdaw green/blue 22  
26 hair word info fukes   1  
1 hand kamay   13  
184 he/she c-iŋra   1?  
24 head tangar   37  
24 head fuŋoh   2  
142 heavy karteŋ   52  
61 house lumaq   1  
61 house lumaʕ   1  
194 how? word info samaqanen   36  
194 how? word info samaʔanen   36  
57 husband faʔinay      
182 I aku   1  
182 I k-ako   1  
193 if anu   2  
193 if ano   2  
174 in, inside lalumaq   18  
174 in, inside i   47  
16 intestines tinaiq   1  
16 intestines tina(j)iʕ   1  
126 lake fanaw *banaw 33  
114 leaf papah   27  
2 left kawili   1, 42  
4 leg/foot waqay   1, 100  
4 leg/foot wa'ay   1, 100  
135 lightning kalapiat   62  
135 lightning kalapi(j)at   62  
17 liver atay   1  
17 liver ʕatay   1  
155 long word info ma-mutuq   1?  
155 long word info kakayaʔ      
108 louse word info kuto   1  
108 louse word info ʔatimla flea    
54 man/male faqinayan   58  
54 man/male faʔinajan   58  
103 meat/flesh titi meat of an animal. < CiCi 64  
103 meat/flesh heci fruit and meat 1  
129 moon fulaL   1  
109 mosquito likes   2  
59 mother ina   1  
30 mouth nguyus   65  
30 mouth ŋoyos   65  
63 name ŋaŋan   1  
158 narrow ma-ʔecu   54  
179 near nataʔ   82  
25 neck liqer   1  
25 neck liʕer   1  
68 needle rinum   28  
68 needle linum   28  
163 new faqluh   1  
163 new faluhay new (things) 1  
163 new kapah new (men)    
167 night taLaya      
205 Nine word info siwa from Laurent Sagart 5  
195 no, not caqay   20  
195 no, not naʔaj      
195 no, not caʔaj   20  
195 no, not awa      
27 nose ngusuq nose, snout 27  
27 nose ŋosoʕ   27  
162 old word info ma-tuqas   1  
162 old word info katelan old (things)    
162 old word info ma-tuʔas old (men) 1  
197 One word info cecai   1, 61  
197 One word info ccaj   1, 61  
197 One word info cecaj   1, 61  
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info cacay patek      
190 other u lumaʔ a tamdaw "other people" 1?  
160 painful, sick aLaLa   79  
53 person/human being tamLaw      
133 rain olad   1  
102 rat kulafaw   1  
102 rat ʔedo L from Sazikaya? -EG    
149 red kahengang-ay   77  
149 red kah(e)ŋaŋ   77  
3 right kawanan   1, 62  
6 road/path lalan   1  
115 root lamit   3  
115 root limit   3  
65 rope keliw Connection with Thao 'qlhiw'? L? -EG    
112 rotten word info ma-funar rotten into pieces    
112 rotten word info ma-funiʔ rotten/molder away; Initial f? -EG 90  
125 salt cirah   1  
125 salt cilah   1  
121 sand tafuk   3  
121 sand tafok   3  
124 sea riar   56  
124 sea liyar   56  
203 Seven word info pitu from Laurent Sagart 1  
203 Seven word info pito   1  
81 sharp ma-cilem sharp (of a point) 1  
81 sharp ma-talem sharp (of a blade) 1  
154 short word info kamukuʕ   107  
19 shoulder afala   1  
19 shoulder ʔafala   1  
161 shy, ashamed ma-nguLu shy, embarrassed 47  
161 shy, ashamed ma-ŋuLo   47  
202 Six word info 'enem   1  
202 Six word info qenem   1  
12 skin faŋes   26  
128 sky kakarayan ka-...-an . -karay- and Squliq kayal are matathesized. 2  
128 sky kakalayan   2  
152 small kiqkiq   78  
152 small mimiŋ   87  
152 small kiʔkiʔ   78  
145 smoke word info ʔacifer irreg. final C -EG 1  
106 snake uner   56  
110 spider falalutoŋ   29  
130 star fuqis   49  
130 star fuʕis   49  
79 stick/wood sa-stiʔ wood/stick    
79 stick/wood kasuy firewood 1  
120 stone fakeluh   36  
120 stone fukeloh   36  
105 tail wikor   1  
206 Ten word info polo from Laurent Sagart 5  
206 Ten word info polô   5  
206 Ten word info tosa a polô   5  
178 that k-una visible 1  
178 that k-ura invisible 24  
62 thatch/roof falahung   34  
62 thatch/roof faLahoŋ   34  
187 they angra   1, 49  
187 they c-aŋra   1, 49  
157 thick word info kiftol   52  
156 thin word info kuhpicay ...-pis-ay 1, 45  
177 this kuna      
177 this k-uni k - nominative case marker 1?  
183 thou k-isu   1  
199 Three word info tulu   1  
134 thunder kakeleŋ   69  
41 to bite mi-karat   1  
41 to bite mi-kalat to bite / to hurt somebody on purpose 1  
137 to blow word info mi-iuf   1  
137 to blow word info jof   1  
28 to breathe saslaʕan      
144 to burn word info tofdoh      
91 to buy ma-ʕaca   41  
38 to chew word info kemkem frequent 10  
38 to chew word info papap less frequent 17?  
85 to choose mi-simsim to choose ( a mate )    
172 to climb word info ma-caka climb upward    
172 to climb word info mi-kali climb up a tree    
7 to come tayni   34  
39 to cook word info mi-taŋtaŋ   72  
196 to count mi-saʔosi   59  
34 to cry t<um>aŋic <um> AF marker 1  
78 to cut, hack word info cikcik irreg. Expected [t] for [c]. -EG 3?  
75 to die, be dead patay   1, 35  
90 to dig mi-karkar   1  
90 to dig kurkur   18  
50 to dream ma-lemeL      
40 to drink helot      
40 to drink mi-nanum nanom = 'water' 19  
37 to eat kaqen   1  
37 to eat k<um>aʔen   1  
95 to fall word info ma-terak fall ( for fruit only)    
95 to fall word info ma-funor      
22 to fear ma-talaw afraid, cowardly 34  
123 to flow ma-katay      
101 to fly mafer   64  
86 to grow word info ma-leŋaw      
44 to hear mi-teŋir   46  
171 to hide word info simeL      
72 to hit word info palu   1  
72 to hit word info setiq   79  
72 to hit word info mi-palo hit with hand 1  
72 to hit word info mi-stiʔ hit with stick/club 79  
89 to hold word info mamet      
69 to hunt word info mi-ʔaloʔ general term.    
69 to hunt word info mi-tilu with a trap    
74 to kill tapaʔ      
20 to know, be knowledgeable ma-fanaq know, understand 2  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ma-fanaʔ   2  
33 to laugh mi-ceriq      
33 to laugh tawa   1  
33 to laugh ma-tawa ma- AF marker 1  
49 to lie down word info tiqenang to lie supine    
49 to lie down word info tihmuk      
76 to live, be alive maroʔ maroq: to sit; to live/be alive 53  
92 to open, uncover mi-cakay      
84 to plant paluma'   23  
93 to pound, beat word info mi-talik      
64 to say cinglaw      
64 to say s-um-ual   122  
64 to say saan Aki said "..." = "..." saan Aki    
64 to say s<um>uwal "to speak (language)" 122  
77 to scratch word info mi-kuskus   27  
77 to scratch word info kuskus   27  
46 to see ma-araw to see 72  
46 to see ma-neŋneŋ to see/look at 73  
46 to see mi-neŋneŋ mi -AF marker 73  
46 to see mi-araw mi -AF marker 72  
67 to sew word info mi-tapir "To patch, to mend"; Final [r] rather than [L]? -EG 1, 52  
67 to sew word info mi-taʔis [Ct]aqiS to sew 1, 52  
70 to shoot word info panaʔ   1  
51 to sit maruq   89  
51 to sit aloʕ      
48 to sleep futiq   73  
48 to sleep ma-futiʕ   73  
29 to sniff, smell sanek   1  
29 to sniff, smell hanek   1  
36 to spit ngalay saliva 3  
36 to spit mi-supa   19, 86  
80 to split word info mi-pelaʔ to split something into two 69  
88 to squeeze word info mi-hatec   41  
71 to stab, pierce i-cucuk   1  
71 to stab, pierce cucuk   1  
52 to stand t-um-ireng   50  
52 to stand t<um>ireŋ   50  
73 to steal takaw   1  
42 to suck cuhcuh   42  
87 to swell word info ma-lifawa   26  
9 to swim Languy   1  
9 to swim mi-Laŋuy mi- AF marker 1  
21 to think mi-harateŋ   56  
94 to throw word info mi-falah   77  
94 to throw word info tekur to throw ( a stone )    
94 to throw word info falah throw away 77  
66 to tie up, fasten ma-suqut   1  
66 to tie up, fasten faluL-en to fasten (-en = PF marker)    
66 to tie up, fasten soʔot to tie up 1  
8 to turn word info ma-liwuŋ ma- AF marker 2  
35 to vomit m-utaq   1  
35 to vomit ma-utaʕ   1  
5 to walk l-um-akat   40  
5 to walk r-um-akat -um AF marker 40  
83 to work word info tayal   64  
83 to work word info ma-tayal   64  
47 to yawn ma-suwaf   19  
32 tongue sema   1  
31 tooth waLis tusk of a boar 2  
207 Twenty word info lima a polô   6  
198 Two word info tusa   1  
138 warm word info      
122 water word info nanum   1  
185 we word info kita we (incl) 1  
185 we word info k-ita   1  
185 we word info kami we (excl) 2  
141 wet ma-cipaʕ   78  
188 what? word info umaqan   40  
188 what? word info umaʔan   40  
170 when? word info hakua   18  
170 when? word info hacu(w)a   18  
181 where? word info i-cua *i-sua 23  
181 where? word info icu(w)a *i-sua 23  
148 white fuhecel-ay   37?  
148 white kuh(e)cal   79  
189 who? word info c-ima   2  
159 wide kakahaL   52  
58 wife fafahi      
136 wind fari   2  
136 wind fali   2  
136 wind feli   2  
100 wing sa-pikpik   33  
100 wing sa-pihpih   33  
55 woman/female fafahian   1, 105  
55 woman/female fafahijan   1, 105  
127 woods/forest lutuk      
107 worm (earthworm) atikak   54  
107 worm (earthworm) ʔatikak   54  
169 year mihca   60  
150 yellow kurilaw-ay   64  
150 yellow kalyalyaway   62  
186 you isu you (sg.)    
186 you k-amu   1  
186 you amu you (pl.) 1  

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