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Language: Mien (Changping)

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Biao Min (Dongshan)
•  Ethnologue Information for bmt
•  OLAC Information for bmt
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 14 entries

• Changed #197391 from "dzwət54", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:13:15)
• Changed #197392 from "ŋa31", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:13:15)
• Changed #197421 from "min31 θei22", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:13:15)
• Changed #197437 from "tsəŋ35", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:13:15)
• Changed #197438 from "thiu22", "Chinese?", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:13:15)
• Changed #197442 from "khwai33", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:13:15)
• Changed #197443 from "djəu35", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:13:15)
• Changed #197471 from "ha:i31", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:13:15)
• Changed #197473 from "hu31", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:13:15)
• Changed #197539 from "sjəp21", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:13:15)
• Changed #197540 from "ŋi22 sjəp21", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:13:15)
• Changed #197541 from "ŋau121 sjəp21", "Chinese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:13:15)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:12:21)
• Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-18 23:02:28)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	pu121
2	left	kwjaŋ31
3	right	bjau22
4	leg/foot	tei31	foot
5	to walk	jaŋ31
6	road/path	kjau53
7	to come	ta:i31
8	to turn
9	to swim
10	dirty	mwa35
11	dust	ni22 boŋ33
12	skin	dop54
13	back	tə31 tan121 tsai35
14	belly	ȵu53
15	bone	θoŋ53
16	intestines	klaŋ31
17	liver	ðan33
18	breast	nu35
19	shoulder	bwa21
20	to know, be knowledgeable	pei33
21	to think	lam53
22	to fear	dzja55
23	blood	dzjam53
24	head	bə31 ga:i35
25	neck	kla:ŋ33
26	hair	bə31 ga:i35 plei33	bə31 ga:i35 = head
27	nose	blui22
28	to breathe
29	to sniff, smell	hom55
30	mouth	dzwət54	Chinese		L
31	tooth	ŋa31	Chinese		L
32	tongue	blet21
33	to laugh
34	to cry	ȵim53
35	to vomit	u53
36	to spit	ðja53
37	to eat	ȵin22
38	to chew	ðiu22
39	to cook	tsau53
40	to drink	həp43
41	to bite	tap21	to bite (of dogs)
42	to suck	ðut54
43	ear	bə31 kjəu33
44	to hear	moŋ55
45	eye	mui22
46	to see	nom53
47	to yawn	ka31 hau33
48	to sleep	pwei35
49	to lie down
50	to dream	bei33
51	to sit	θwei121
52	to stand	θau53
53	person/human being	mo:n31
54	man/male	kjaŋ22 mo:n31
55	woman/female	au53 mo:n31
56	child	ti31 kwjei53
57	husband	tə31 kəŋ35
58	wife	tə31 pwa31
59	mother	ma22
60	father	pwa53
61	house	plau53
62	thatch/roof
63	name	min31 θei22	Chinese		L
64	to say	koŋ53
65	rope	laŋ33
66	to tie up, fasten	θai33
67	to sew	ðun31
68	needle	θim33
69	to hunt
70	to shoot	pwən53
71	to stab, pierce
72	to hit	bo54
73	to steal	nim22
74	to kill	tai35
75	to die, be dead	tai22
76	to live, be alive
77	to scratch
78	to cut, hack	khom55
79	stick/wood
80	to split	phi53
81	sharp	ðim33
82	dull, blunt	mut45
83	to work	θau35	to do, perform
84	to plant	tsəŋ35	Chinese		L
85	to choose	thiu22	Chinese?		L
86	to grow
87	to swell	əm35
88	to squeeze
89	to hold
90	to dig	vjet54
91	to buy	mai33
92	to open, uncover	khwai33	Chinese		L
93	to pound, beat
94	to throw	djəu35	Chinese		L
95	to fall	phwat54
96	dog	kju53
97	bird	nu21
98	egg	kjau35
99	feather	plei33
100	wing
101	to fly	dai55
102	rat	du54
103	meat/flesh	a53
104	fat/grease	mai33
105	tail	twei53
106	snake	naŋ33
107	worm (earthworm)	dzim33
108	louse	dzei53	head louse
108	louse	tam53	body louse
109	mosquito	moŋ121
110	spider	kjeŋ33 kja121
111	fish	blau121
112	rotten	hu53
113	branch
114	leaf	no:m31
115	root	duŋ31
116	flower	pwaŋ31
117	fruit	pjəu53
118	grass	mwa53
119	earth/soil	bə31 nwai33
120	stone	ðau33 plei53
121	sand	ni22 θa:i33
122	water	wəm33
123	to flow	ðjəu22
124	sea	ha:i31	Chinese		L
125	salt	ðau53
126	lake	hu31	Chinese		L
127	woods/forest	djaŋ55 kjəm31	djaŋ55 = tree
128	sky	ðuŋ31
129	moon	la55
130	star	ðei55
131	cloud	bo:n35
132	fog	vəm33 mau22
133	rain	bloŋ22
134	thunder	bu33
135	lightning	ðja21 ðin22
136	wind	dzjau35
137	to blow	phləm53
138	warm	kjo:m33
139	cold	kjəŋ53
140	dry
141	wet	gai121
142	heavy	ni53
143	fire	tau121
144	to burn	pu53	to burn (a mountain, as in slash-and-burn agriculture)
145	smoke	om33
146	ash	θwai53
147	black	kja54
148	white	pje21
149	red	θi54
150	yellow	vaŋ31
151	green	mjeŋ33
152	small
153	big	thom31
154	short	naŋ53
155	long	da:u53
156	thin	pwa21
157	thick	hu121
158	narrow	hjep21
159	wide	kwaŋ53
160	painful, sick	mun33
160	painful, sick	ðom22
161	shy, ashamed
162	old	ku35
163	new
164	good	ðəŋ35
165	bad, evil
166	correct, true
167	night
168	day	bə31 nwai33	sun
168	day	nwai33	day (period of time)
169	year	ȵaŋ55
170	when?
171	to hide	meŋ35
172	to climb	pla:n31
173	at
174	in, inside	doŋ33	inside
175	above	du53
176	below	di53
177	this	ni31
178	that	u53
179	near	θat54
180	far	ku33
181	where?
182	I	ja33
183	thou	mui31
184	he/she	nən31
185	we	ja33 bu33
186	you	mui31 bu33
187	they	nən31 bu33
188	what?	kə31 dzjen55
189	who?	ka31 na:n121
190	other
191	all
192	and	taŋ22
193	if
194	how?	a33 la:i35 joŋ22
195	no, not	na53
196	to count
197	One	no35
198	Two	i33
199	Three	pu33
200	Four	plei33
201	Five	pla33
202	Six	kju54
203	Seven	ŋi22
204	Eight	jat21
205	Nine	du31
206	Ten	sjəp21	Chinese		L
207	Twenty	ŋi22 sjəp21	Chinese		L
208	Fifty	ŋau121 sjəp21	Chinese		L
209	One Hundred	i31 pe54
210	One Thousand	i31 θin33

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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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