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Language: Kim Mun (Hainan)

Source/Author:  Shintani Tadahiko, Yang Chao 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mji  Glottocode: kimm1245 
Notes:  新谷忠彦, 楊昭 / Shintani Tadahiko, Yang Chao. 海南島門語: 分類詞滙集 [The Mun language of Hainan Island: its classified lexicon]. Asian & African lexicon, v. 20. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), 1990.

In Hainan, China, the Kim Mun ("mun33 va53") language is spoken by about 23,000 people. It is fairly homogeneous in Hainan and is not further divided into any dialects. Kim Mun is also spoken in Guangxi and Yunnan in China as well as Vietnam and Laos.

Tones:
1 = /13/
2 = /11/
3 = /33/
4 = /354/
5 = /31/
6 = /44/ (/45/ in closed long syllables)
7 = /53/

Note: Apostrophes <'> signify aspiration, not glottal stops. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu  Checked By:  
Statistics: 
  • Total Data: 212
  • Number of Retentions:
  • Number of Loans: 17
 
Classification:  Hmong-Mien:Mienic:Mian-Jin 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
64 to say      
71 to stab, pierce      
74 to kill      
80 to split word info      
83 to work word info      
85 to choose      
94 to throw word info      
173 at      
175 above      
190 other      
167 night (dum354) mun53      
161 shy, ashamed (ʔai44) njai13      
134 thunder ba33 kɔŋ13      
43 ear ba33 nɔɔm33      
27 nose ba33 tjooŋ13      
131 cloud word info ban44      
72 to hit word info bap44      
50 to dream bei44 noun    
19 shoulder bin33 ʔdao33      
111 fish bjao31      
32 tongue bjat44      
95 to fall word info blei53 djaa53 ʔdaai33      
82 dull, blunt blɔŋ44      
63 name buu44      
11 dust buui13      
133 rain buŋ53      
155 long word info daao354      
100 wing daat13      
101 to fly dai31      
125 salt dao354      
176 below dii354      
93 to pound, beat word info dim53 mei354      
136 wind djaao44      
30 mouth djat44      
59 mother djii31      
36 to spit djui31 djaan33      
141 wet doon13      
12 skin dop44      
102 rat duu13      
205 Nine word info duu33      
115 root duuŋ33      
107 worm (earthworm) duŋ13 naaŋ13 earthworm, naaŋ13 = snake    
60 father faa354      
156 thin word info faa53      
70 to shoot word info fan354   1  
69 to hunt word info fan354 ʔaa354      
116 flower faŋ33      
48 to sleep fei44 (ŋwei53 gjoom33)      
49 to lie down word info fei44 djaa53      
140 dry word info gaai11      
188 what? word info gin33 t'jaaŋ354      
174 in, inside gjaa31      
81 sharp gjai53      
17 liver gjan11 Chinese   L
120 stone gjao13 pjei354      
121 sand gjao13 taai13      
79 stick/wood gjaŋ44 ʔbin13 stick, rod    
123 to flow gjou53      
128 sky guuŋ33      
135 lightning guuŋ33 djip44      
164 good gɔɔŋ44      
158 narrow heep45      
157 thick word info hoo31 Chinese   L
165 bad, evil huai33 Chinese   L
29 to sniff, smell hɔm31      
40 to drink hɔp11 Chinese   L
124 sea k'oi354      
78 to cut, hack word info k'om31 to chop with an axe    
92 to open, uncover k'ooi11 Chinese   L
10 dirty ka33 loo33      
13 back word info ka33 ʔdan31      
47 to yawn kaa33 haao11      
107 worm (earthworm) keeŋ13 insect/worm (generic)    
110 spider keeŋ13 njaao354      
127 woods/forest kiem33 koo44 kin13      
152 small kin13      
147 black kjaa13      
6 road/path kjao354      
98 egg kjao44      
33 to laugh kjat44      
9 to swim kjeo33 vam13      
202 Six word info kjoo13      
138 warm word info kjoom13 hot    
25 neck klaaŋ13      
16 intestines klaaŋ33      
96 dog kloo354      
192 and kon354      
180 far koo13      
162 old word info koo44      
22 to fear kum33 djaa13      
113 branch word info kwaa33      
67 to sew word info kwan33      
159 wide kwaŋ354 Chinese   L
129 moon laa31      
146 ash laai354      
65 rope laaŋ11      
57 husband laaŋ33      
153 big loo11      
132 fog loo11 muŋ53 dai354      
42 to suck luup31      
28 to breathe luup31 sii31      
195 no, not maa13 ~ ma33      
91 to buy maai31 Chinese   L
171 to hide word info meem354      
76 to live, be alive meeŋ13 raw    
151 green meeŋ13      
104 fat/grease mei11      
183 thou mii33      
160 painful, sick mon13      
53 person/human being mun33      
54 man/male mun33 faa354      
56 child mun33 sei354 kin13      
55 woman/female mun33 ʔao354      
44 to hear muŋ31      
106 snake naaŋ13      
139 cold word info nam44      
184 he/she nan33      
187 they nan33 ʔbuu13      
177 this nei354      
88 to squeeze word info nieŋ354      
119 earth/soil nii11      
142 heavy nii354      
73 to steal nim53      
154 short word info niŋ354      
31 tooth njaa33      
38 to chew word info njaai53      
169 year njaaŋ31 Chinese   L
77 to scratch word info njai354 keeŋ13 to scratch an itch    
203 Seven word info njii53      
207 Twenty word info njii53 siap45 Chinese   L
34 to cry njim354      
37 to eat njin53      
186 you njou33      
14 belly njou354      
168 day nooi11 day    
138 warm word info nun53 warm    
18 breast nɔɔ31      
97 bird nɔɔ53      
114 leaf nɔɔm33      
201 Five word info pjaa13      
61 house pjao354      
62 thatch/roof pjao354 ʔduuŋ44      
26 hair word info pjei13      
99 feather pjei13      
200 Four word info pjei13      
24 head pjei354 k'uu11      
168 day pjei354 nooi11 sun    
117 fruit pjou354      
137 to blow word info pjɔm354 to blow (with mouth)    
144 to burn word info saa53 to burn (as in slash-and-burn agriculture)    
23 blood saam354      
76 to live, be alive saŋ33      
163 new saŋ33 Chinese   L
194 how? word info saŋ33 lai31 ʔai44      
3 right saŋ33 liep13      
86 to grow word info saŋ33 lo11      
21 to think saŋ44 Chinese   L
206 Ten word info siap45 Chinese   L
193 if sin31 kui31      
194 how? word info siŋ33 lai31 ʔai44      
145 smoke word info sou31      
191 all sɔan31 ʔbuu31 Chinese   L
84 to plant sɔŋ354      
170 when? word info t'jao31 nei33 sjan33      
66 to tie up, fasten t'ɔan31 to tie (a knot)    
172 to climb word info taao44      
46 to see tam31      
196 to count tao354      
109 mosquito tao354 dao354 keeŋ13      
4 leg/foot tao44      
179 near tat44      
108 louse word info tei354      
112 rotten word info tei44      
149 red tii11      
130 star tiiŋ13      
68 needle tim11      
137 to blow word info tjieo354 to blow (of wind)    
39 to cook word info tjou354 to boil    
89 to hold word info tjɔɔ13      
52 to stand tou354      
15 bone toŋ354      
191 all tɔŋ243 Chinese   L
178 that va354      
122 water word info vam13      
126 lake vam13 dɔm53      
150 yellow vaŋ33      
90 to dig viet13 k'ɔat31 to dig with hands    
8 to turn word info vin11 kwai44 ʔdaai33 to turn around    
182 I zjaa13      
204 Eight word info zjat44      
5 to walk zjaŋ33      
208 Fifty word info ŋou31 siap45 Chinese   L
118 grass ŋwaa354      
45 eye ŋwei53      
189 who? word info ʔa33 baan11      
197 One word info ʔaa33      
210 One Thousand word info ʔaa33 t'in11 Chinese   L
209 One Hundred word info ʔaa33 ʔbee13 Chinese   L
103 meat/flesh ʔaa354      
50 to dream ʔai44 bei44 verb    
58 wife ʔao354      
101 to fly ʔat44      
185 we word info ʔban13 inclusive    
148 white ʔbee53      
20 to know, be knowledgeable ʔbei13      
181 where? word info ʔbo44 ʔdii44      
199 Three word info ʔboo13      
185 we word info ʔbuu13 exclusive    
1 hand ʔbuu31      
144 to burn word info ʔbuu354      
7 to come ʔdaai33      
75 to die, be dead ʔdai53      
108 louse word info ʔdam354      
41 to bite ʔdap44      
2 left ʔdaŋ44 min11      
105 tail ʔdei354      
166 correct, true ʔdooi44      
143 fire ʔdou31      
51 to sit ʔeet45      
198 Two word info ʔii13      
35 to vomit ʔoo354      
87 to swell word info ʔɔm44      

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