Language: Bouyei (Wangmo)

Source/Author:	Liang, Snyder, & Wu
Identifiers:	ISO-639-3:pcc Glottocode: bouy1240
Notes:	Liang Yongshu, Wil C. Snyder, and Wu Wenyi. 2007. Survey of the Guizhou Bouyei Language. SIL Language and Culture Documentation and Description 1. SIL International. Data is from Fuxing Town (复兴镇), Wangmo County (望谟县), Guizhou, China. (Wangmo Bouyei is considered "Standard Bouyei" by the Chinese government.) Speech from older generation speakers is used. Shorthand notation for tones, though not used here, is: 1 = /24/ 2 = /42/ 3 = /52/ 4 = /31/ 5 = /35/ 6 = /33/ 7 = /35/ 8 = /34/
Data Entry:	Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu Checked By:
Statistics:	Total Data: 184 Number of Retentions: Number of Loans: 15
Classification:	Tai-Kadai:Kam-Tai:Tai:Northern
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Changed #187342 from "va24", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-22 01:13:26)
Changed #187350 from "ɕɐi44", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-22 01:13:26)
Changed #187418 from "sa:m24", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-22 01:13:26)
Changed #187419 from "si35", "Chinese ; "s" is dental", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-22 01:13:26)
Changed #187420 from "xa53", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-22 01:13:26)
Changed #187421 from "ðok35", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-22 01:13:26)
Changed #187422 from "ɕɛt35", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-22 01:13:26)
Changed #187423 from "pɛt35", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-22 01:13:26)
Changed #187424 from "ku53", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-22 01:13:26)
Changed #187425 from "ɕip33", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-22 01:13:26)
Changed #187426 from "ŋi33 ɕip33", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-22 01:13:26)
Changed #187427 from "pa35 ʔdɛu24", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-22 01:13:26)
Changed #187428 from "ɕiɛŋ24 ʔdɛu24", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-22 01:13:26)
Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-22 01:12:37)
Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2010-12-22 01:11:27)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
175	above	(pai44) kən31
191	all
192	and	ðiɐŋ31
146	ash	tɐu44
173	at	ʔju35
13	back	pai44 laŋ24
165	bad, evil	va:i33
14	belly	toŋ42
176	below	(pai44) la53
153	big	la:u42
97	bird	ðɔk33		1
147	black	fon42
23	blood	liət44
15	bone	ʔdɔ35
113	branch
18	breast
56	child	ɕi31 la:n24
131	cloud	vɨə53
139	cold	ɕɛŋ42
166	correct, true
168	day	ŋo:ŋ31
10	dirty
96	dog	ma24
140	dry	ɦɨ35
82	dull, blunt
11	dust	mok35 mon35	dust on road
43	ear	ðiə31
119	earth/soil	na:m33
98	egg	tɕɐi35
204	Eight	pɛt35	Chinese		L
45	eye	lək42 ta24		1
180	far	tɕɐi24
104	fat/grease	la:u31	oil (of pork)
60	father	po44
99	feather	pən24 nom33
208	Fifty
143	fire	fi31		1
111	fish	pja24
201	Five	xa53	Chinese		L
116	flower	va24	Chinese		L
132	fog	lap33 mo35
200	Four	si35	Chinese ; "s" is dental		L
117	fruit	ma35
164	good	ʔdi24
118	grass	ɲa24
151	green	lok33
26	hair	pən24
1	hand	va35 fəŋ31		1
184	he/she	tɛ24
24	head	tɕau52
142	heavy	nɐk35
61	house	ða:n31
194	how?	təŋ35 lɐɨ31
57	husband	kwan24
57	husband	pɐu35
182	I	ku24
193	if	ɕa42 nɐu31
174	in, inside	(pai44) ʔdɐɨ24
16	intestines	sɐi53
126	lake	tam31
114	leaf	ʔbaɨ24
2	left	(pai44) θuɛi42		46, 53
4	leg/foot	ka24		42
135	lightning	ʔdat35
17	liver	tap35
155	long	zɐi31	"z" is dental (originally with "bridge below" diacritic)
108	louse	tu0 nɐn31
54	man/male	lək33 θa:i24
103	meat/flesh	no44
129	moon	ðoŋ33 ʔdiɛn4
109	mosquito	nɛŋ31 ka24 ðɐi31
59	mother	mɛ44
30	mouth	ɕoŋ33 pa35
63	name	ɕo44
158	narrow	ɕɛn31
179	near	tɕɐɨ53
25	neck	ʔɛu24 xo31
68	needle
163	new	mo35
167	night
205	Nine	ku53	Chinese		L
195	no, not	mi31
27	nose	ʔdɐŋ24		1
162	old	tɕɛ35
197	One	ʔdɛu24
197	One	ʔit35	Chinese		L
209	One Hundred	pa35 ʔdɛu24	Chinese		L
210	One Thousand	ɕiɛŋ24 ʔdɛu24	Chinese		L
190	other	ʔən35
160	painful, sick	tɕɛt35	pain
53	person/human being	xʊən31
133	rain	xwən24
102	rat	tu0 va:u52
149	red	ʔdiŋ24
3	right	(pai44) kwa31		1, 48
6	road/path	ðɔn24
115	root	za44	"z" is dental (originally with "bridge below" diacritic)
65	rope	ɕa33
112	rotten
125	salt	kuə24
121	sand	ðɛ35
124	sea	ɕɐi44	Chinese		L
203	Seven	ɕɛt35	Chinese		L
81	sharp
154	short	tɐm35	height
154	short	tin42	length
19	shoulder	paŋ42 ʔba35		1
161	shy, ashamed
202	Six	ðok35	Chinese		L
12	skin	nɐŋ24
128	sky	ʔbən24
152	small	ni35
145	smoke	xo:n31 fi31	fi31 = fire
106	snake	ŋɨə31
110	spider	tu0 kwau24
130	star	ʔdau33 ʔdi35		1
79	stick/wood	fai42	tree
120	stone	ʔdɐk35 ðin24
105	tail	ðiəŋ24
206	Ten	ɕip33	Chinese		L
178	that	tɛ24
62	thatch/roof	nɛŋ31 ða:n31	ða:n31 = house
187	they	po31 tɛ24
157	thick	na24
156	thin	ʔbɛŋ24
177	this	nɛi42		1
183	thou	məŋ31		1
199	Three	sa:m24	Chinese		L
134	thunder	pja53
41	to bite	xap33
137	to blow	po35
28	to breathe	tɛu25 ɕɨ24
144	to burn	ɕut35
91	to buy	ɕɨ42
38	to chew
85	to choose	lɛ44
172	to climb	pin24	a tree
172	to climb	xən53	a ladder
7	to come	ma24
39	to cook	ðʊŋ24
196	to count
34	to cry	tɐi53
78	to cut, hack	ðɐm42	to cut a tree
75	to die, be dead	ta:i24		1
90	to dig	pa33
50	to dream	fa31 xɐn31
40	to drink	ʔdɔt35
37	to eat	kən24		1
95	to fall	tok25
22	to fear	la:u24		43
123	to flow	lɐi24
101	to fly	ʔbin24
86	to grow
44	to hear	ka44 ɲiə24
171	to hide
72	to hit
89	to hold	ʔɐu24
69	to hunt
74	to kill	ka53
20	to know, be knowledgeable	ðo42 xɛ44
33	to laugh	ðɛu24
49	to lie down
76	to live, be alive	tɕɐu24
92	to open, uncover	xa:i24
84	to plant
93	to pound, beat
64	to say	ka:ŋ53
64	to say	nɐu31
77	to scratch
46	to see	ɕim24
67	to sew	ɲip33
70	to shoot
51	to sit	nɐŋ44
48	to sleep	nin31
29	to sniff, smell
36	to spit
80	to split	pa35
88	to squeeze
71	to stab, pierce
52	to stand	ʔdʊn25
73	to steal	ðɐk33
42	to suck
87	to swell	fɔk33
9	to swim	ɕɛu44 ta44
21	to think
94	to throw
66	to tie up, fasten
8	to turn
35	to vomit	ʔok44
5	to walk	pja:i53
5	to walk	pɐi24	to go
83	to work
47	to yawn	ðwau25 duɯ31
32	tongue	lin42		36
31	tooth	jɛu53
207	Twenty	ŋi33 ɕip33	Chinese		L
198	Two	soŋ24
198	Two	ŋi44	Chinese		L
138	warm	ʔaŋ24
122	water	ðam42		1
185	we	xo44 ðɐu31	inclusive
185	we	po31 ðɐu31	exclusive
141	wet	lʊp35
188	what?	kə35 ma31
170	when?	ɕɨ31 lɐɨ31
181	where?
148	white	xa:u24
189	who?	pu42 lɐɨ31
159	wide	kwa:ŋ35
58	wife	ja44
136	wind	ðum31
100	wing	fɨət24
55	woman/female	lək33 ʔbək35
127	woods/forest	ʔdoŋ24
107	worm (earthworm)	tu0 ʔdiɛn24
169	year	pi24
150	yellow	xɛn53
186	you	xo44 tɛ24

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