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Language: Gelao (Zhenfeng)

Source/Author:  Kosaka, Zhou, & Li 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:giq  Glottocode: gree1278 
Notes:  Source: Ryūichi Kosaka, Guoyan Zhou, Jinfang Li. 仡央语言词汇集/Geyang yu yan ci hui ji (A Wordlist of Ge-Yang Languages). 贵阳市/Guiyang, China: 贵州民族出版社/Guizhou min zu chu ban she, 1998.

Data is from Pomao village (坡帽), Zhenfeng County (贞丰县), southwestern Guizhou, China. Their autonym is ha42 ke42.

Other words of interest: mu42 sa42 (raw rice), mɯŋ42 (cooked rice), ȵe31 ή42 (water buffalo), to42 kuŋ53 (knee). 
Problems:  ή = velar nasal (ŋ) with accent over it 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu  Checked By:  
Statistics: 
  • Total Data: 215
  • Number of Retentions:
  • Number of Loans: 8
 
Classification:  Tai-Kadai:Kra:Western Kra 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
175 above pha35   38?  
191 all mu31 tau35 fe42 le42 4-word elaborate expression ?    
192 and      
146 ash pa42 tau42   43  
173 at na42      
13 back word info ka42 lai35   63  
165 bad, evil ʔo35 ʔæ42      
165 bad, evil dʑi13 evil 55  
14 belly ka42 luŋ35   59  
176 below thi35   50  
153 big li31 paŋ31      
97 bird mo42 naŋ42      
147 black laŋ35 li35   57  
23 blood pja42   28  
15 bone taŋ31 taŋ13      
113 branch word info      
18 breast tɕəu35 PAN *susu ?; nipple = pu13 tɕəu35 39  
56 child so42 tjaŋ31 tjaŋ31 tjaŋ31 tjaŋ31 = small    
131 cloud word info tu31 lu31 pu33   73  
139 cold word info tɕiŋ42      
166 correct, true thəu35   55  
168 day fe35      
10 dirty ʔjuŋ35 ʔjuŋ35 ʔæ42      
96 dog hɯŋ35   64?  
140 dry word info so42 tsa35      
82 dull, blunt pi42 ʔæ42      
11 dust pa42 tau42      
43 ear tso35      
119 earth/soil paŋ35 ʔji42 earth, soil    
119 earth/soil tu42 lu42 earth as opposed to heaven    
98 egg hɯŋ42 kai42   41  
204 Eight word info zau31 cf walu (LS) 1  
45 eye ta31 to35   1  
180 far lai31 (hɯŋ35)   54  
104 fat/grease tjau13 tɯŋ13      
104 fat/grease ne31 oil 64  
60 father pa13   26  
99 feather mi13   47  
208 Fifty word info mɯi31 pe42   8  
143 fire pai35   1  
111 fish mo42 pjo35   64  
201 Five word info mɯi31   1  
116 flower kəu35 hɯŋ42   50?  
132 fog ή42 ŋau35      
200 Four word info pu35   11  
117 fruit taŋ31 taŋ31 mo42 tai42      
164 good ʔo35   85?  
118 grass tsi42 pəɯ35      
151 green kjaŋ42 ki42      
26 hair word info məɯ13 kei42      
1 hand pəɯ13 mei31   1  
184 he/she tse35   24?  
24 head pəɯ13 kei42      
142 heavy se35 taŋ13      
61 house ki35      
194 how? word info tau31 mu31 tshai42      
57 husband bu35 ʔa35 mu31      
182 I ʔi42   20  
193 if      
174 in, inside ta31 sa35      
16 intestines sai35   48  
126 lake fu31 early Chinese loanword ?   L
114 leaf ti31 tai35      
2 left pi35 lɯi42 fɯi42   51  
4 leg/foot pu31 ko35 foot 42  
135 lightning ȵi42 ji42      
17 liver ta42 pu35   1?  
155 long word info zɯi13 tsa35   65  
108 louse word info mo42 tse31 body louse    
108 louse word info mo42 tse31 tau35 head louse 1  
54 man/male pu13 sa35   54  
103 meat/flesh ȵau35   60  
129 moon ta31   46?  
109 mosquito tsi31 ve13      
59 mother ma42   39  
30 mouth pu13   64  
63 name fu42 tshai42 surname    
63 name fu42 mu31 tshai42 given name    
158 narrow tai31 tjəu35      
179 near lu13 ljəu35   70  
179 near ti35 ta31      
25 neck ta31 tɕəu31   54  
68 needle pie42      
163 new ʔa35      
167 night fɯi35 ljaŋ42 evening: fɯi35 tu31    
205 Nine word info so42   1  
195 no, not ʔæ31   65  
27 nose luŋ31 ȵe13   39  
162 old word info tso35 ȵa35   96  
197 One word info si42   1?  
209 One Hundred word info si42 tse42 si42 = one    
210 One Thousand word info si42 ke42 pi35 si42 = one    
190 other      
160 painful, sick zai13   64  
53 person/human being hɯŋ35      
133 rain mɯŋ31 mau35      
102 rat mo42 lo42      
149 red pja42 ɕi35 pja42 = blood    
3 right pi35 tse31   46, 48  
6 road/path kau42 kuŋ35   28  
115 root ɕi42 ʔji35   33?  
65 rope ɕi42      
112 rotten word info zuŋ13      
125 salt si42 ŋa42 PAN *qasiʀa ? 23?  
121 sand paŋ35 ή35 tiaŋ35 tiaŋ35      
124 sea mo42 ή42      
203 Seven word info tsau35   1?  
81 sharp pi42      
81 sharp si31 ku35      
154 short word info kau42 kɯi35      
19 shoulder ki42 pu35      
161 shy, ashamed ki35 hɯŋ35 PAN *ma-Siaq ?    
202 Six word info ȵaŋ31   1?  
12 skin pu31 ka42      
128 sky to13 ji31      
152 small tjaŋ35 tjaŋ35      
145 smoke word info pai35 mɯŋ13 pai35 = fire    
106 snake mo42 ŋo42   50  
110 spider ke35 tɕi31 tɕi13      
130 star tsa35      
79 stick/wood thui24 mo42 tai42 mo42 tai42 = tree    
120 stone pa35 PAN *batu 27  
120 stone paŋ35 ή35      
105 tail ko35 sei42   54  
206 Ten word info si42 pe42 si42 = one 1  
178 that ta42 vu35 medial 27  
178 that ta42 lai31 distal    
62 thatch/roof ki35 kɯi42 tjəu35 ki35 = house    
187 they tse35      
157 thick word info nuŋ31 ni35   49?  
156 thin word info tu13 ɕəu35   36  
156 thin word info ʔi35 (hɯŋ35)      
177 this nai42   1  
183 thou mu31   15  
199 Three word info tau35   1  
134 thunder      
41 to bite saŋ42   49  
137 to blow word info ha42 to blow (wind) 55  
28 to breathe tsa31 hɯi35   53  
144 to burn word info tsu31 start fire for cooking    
91 to buy sɯn35   36?  
38 to chew word info ȵi35   43  
85 to choose tshe42 to select (a seedling)    
172 to climb word info no31      
7 to come mu35   1  
7 to come luŋ35 to arrive    
39 to cook word info taŋ42   66  
196 to count ti42   55  
34 to cry ȵi42   52  
78 to cut, hack word info tɯi42   94  
75 to die, be dead pɯŋ35      
90 to dig hai42   38  
50 to dream ŋau42 pe35   8?  
40 to drink haŋ42      
37 to eat ha35      
95 to fall word info taŋ42 mu35 tɕiŋ13      
95 to fall word info suai42 mu35 tɕiŋ35      
22 to fear lo31   43  
123 to flow ke35      
101 to fly pjəu13      
86 to grow word info li13 (paŋ31)      
44 to hear tsaŋ13 (min31)      
171 to hide word info tsaŋ35      
72 to hit word info ka42      
89 to hold word info me31      
69 to hunt word info      
74 to kill zɯn31   53  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ʔi42 kjau42      
20 to know, be knowledgeable kjau31 hɯŋ35 to recognize    
33 to laugh səu35 Chinese xiao4   L
49 to lie down word info ŋau13   58  
76 to live, be alive pu35   45  
92 to open, uncover ho35 to open a door    
84 to plant thaŋ35 to transplant (rice seedlings) 20  
93 to pound, beat word info tɯŋ42   23?  
64 to say dʑi31 dʑi31   82  
77 to scratch word info tsha42   16  
46 to see ko35 pe35      
67 to sew word info pe35 zɯi13      
70 to shoot word info se31 Chinese she4   L
51 to sit mu31      
48 to sleep ŋau42 ku42   67  
29 to sniff, smell mau42   48  
36 to spit thu42 Chinese tu4 69 L
80 to split word info pjo42      
88 to squeeze word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
52 to stand laŋ42      
73 to steal tɯi13 Chinese tou1 ?   L
42 to suck haŋ42 tɕəu35      
87 to swell word info tsaŋ42 Chinese zhong3   L
9 to swim fu35 ή42   67  
21 to think ɕaŋ42 Chinese xiang3   L
94 to throw word info me35   62?  
66 to tie up, fasten naŋ42      
8 to turn word info tsuan42 Chinese zhuan3   L
35 to vomit ti42      
5 to walk vu13 me42   28  
83 to work word info tau31 ta31 kuŋ35      
47 to yawn ka42 ho35 hai13 cf. Lachi: nji3 bo45    
32 tongue pi13 mo42   1  
31 tooth mo42 pe42      
207 Twenty word info so35 pe42 note change from sa35 to so35 19, 27  
198 Two word info sa35   1?  
138 warm word info tsau42      
122 water word info ή42   40  
185 we word info tau35   36  
185 we word info sa35 hɯŋ35 dual    
141 wet pjau35      
188 what? word info mu31 tshai42   49  
170 when? word info      
181 where? word info tha31 na13   44  
148 white ʔu35 tshɯi35   63  
189 who? word info hɯŋ35 na42   27  
159 wide ti13 li31      
58 wife zau31 ki35      
136 wind ve31      
100 wing vei31      
55 woman/female ta13 sa35      
127 woods/forest ki31 tuŋ31   72  
107 worm (earthworm) tshuŋ35 san42      
169 year pi35   52  
150 yellow phɯi42 tɕi35      
186 you tsau35   39?  

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