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Language: Tai Mene

Source/Author:  James R. Chamberlain 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:tmp  Glottocode: taim1250 
Notes:  Chamberlain, James R. 1991. Mène: A Tai dialect originally spoken in Nghe An (Nghe Tinh), Vietnam -- preliminary linguistic observations and historical implications. Journal of the Siam Society 79 (2):103-123.

Data was collected from Mrs. Viengthong Thammavong (b. 1945) at the Na Pho refugee camp in Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand in March 1990. Mrs. Viengthong's family had migrated from Nghệ An province, Vietnam, in 1935 or 1936 to Ban Sop Vieng, Laos, a Tai Moey village where they were the only Tai Mene family.

ï = ɯ in Chamberlain (1991).

Tones:
1 = /213/ low rising, usually with an audible creakiness at the lowest point of the tone
2 = /21/ mid-low falling, with whisper on the end tone
3 = /545/ mid-high with slight fall of fall-rise
4 = /55/ high level
5 = /53/ high falling
6 = /45/ mid-high rising checked
7 = /32/ mid-low falling checked
 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu  Checked By:  
Statistics: 
  • Total Data: 46
  • Number of Retentions:
  • Number of Loans: 0
 
Classification:  Tai-Kadai:Kam-Tai:Tai:Northern 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
175 above      
191 all kop7 complete, entire    
192 and      
146 ash      
173 at      
13 back word info      
165 bad, evil      
14 belly      
176 below      
153 big      
97 bird      
147 black      
23 blood lïat2      
15 bone duuk2      
113 branch word info      
18 breast      
56 child lïk7   1  
56 child lɯk7   1  
131 cloud word info      
139 cold word info      
166 correct, true      
168 day măŋee4 sun, day    
10 dirty hëk7      
96 dog maa4      
140 dry word info khoo1      
140 dry word info hëë2      
82 dull, blunt puu3      
11 dust      
43 ear huu4      
119 earth/soil      
98 egg say2      
204 Eight word info      
45 eye      
180 far      
104 fat/grease      
60 father      
99 feather haw1      
208 Fifty word info      
143 fire fii4   1  
111 fish      
201 Five word info      
116 flower      
132 fog      
200 Four word info      
117 fruit      
164 good      
118 grass      
151 green hew1      
26 hair word info      
1 hand      
184 he/she      
24 head      
142 heavy      
61 house      
194 how? word info      
57 husband      
182 I      
193 if      
174 in, inside      
16 intestines      
126 lake      
114 leaf bëë4      
2 left      
4 leg/foot haa1   42  
135 lightning      
17 liver      
155 long word info      
108 louse word info      
54 man/male pɔɔ2      
103 meat/flesh      
129 moon      
109 mosquito      
59 mother      
30 mouth      
63 name      
158 narrow kew2      
179 near khëë3      
25 neck kɔɔ4      
68 needle hem1      
163 new      
167 night kïn4      
205 Nine word info      
195 no, not      
27 nose      
162 old word info      
197 One word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
190 other      
160 painful, sick kɛɛt2 hurt    
53 person/human being kon4      
53 person/human being pëë4      
133 rain      
102 rat      
149 red      
3 right khwaa4   1  
6 road/path      
115 root      
65 rope      
112 rotten word info      
125 salt      
121 sand      
124 sea      
203 Seven word info      
81 sharp      
154 short word info      
19 shoulder      
161 shy, ashamed      
202 Six word info      
12 skin      
128 sky      
152 small      
145 smoke word info kwan4      
106 snake      
110 spider kaaw4      
110 spider kiŋ4 kaaw4      
130 star      
79 stick/wood      
120 stone      
105 tail      
206 Ten word info      
178 that      
62 thatch/roof      
187 they      
157 thick word info      
156 thin word info      
177 this      
183 thou      
199 Three word info      
134 thunder phɛɛ3      
134 thunder faa5 phɛɛ3      
41 to bite khop6      
137 to blow word info      
28 to breathe      
144 to burn word info      
91 to buy      
38 to chew word info      
85 to choose      
172 to climb word info hïn3 ascend    
7 to come      
39 to cook word info      
196 to count      
34 to cry      
78 to cut, hack word info      
75 to die, be dead      
90 to dig kut6   36  
50 to dream      
40 to drink      
37 to eat      
95 to fall word info      
22 to fear      
123 to flow      
101 to fly      
86 to grow word info      
44 to hear      
171 to hide word info      
72 to hit word info      
89 to hold word info      
69 to hunt word info      
74 to kill haa3      
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
33 to laugh hoo1      
49 to lie down word info      
76 to live, be alive      
92 to open, uncover hoy1      
92 to open, uncover hoy4      
92 to open, uncover khay4      
84 to plant      
93 to pound, beat word info      
64 to say      
77 to scratch word info khiit2      
46 to see      
67 to sew word info      
70 to shoot word info      
51 to sit      
48 to sleep      
29 to sniff, smell      
36 to spit      
80 to split word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
52 to stand      
73 to steal lak1      
42 to suck      
87 to swell word info      
9 to swim      
21 to think      
94 to throw word info      
66 to tie up, fasten      
8 to turn word info      
35 to vomit      
5 to walk      
83 to work word info viak2      
47 to yawn      
32 tongue      
31 tooth hɛw3      
207 Twenty word info      
198 Two word info      
138 warm word info      
122 water word info      
185 we word info      
141 wet      
188 what? word info      
170 when? word info      
181 where? word info      
148 white haaw1      
189 who? word info      
159 wide      
58 wife      
136 wind      
100 wing      
55 woman/female      
127 woods/forest      
107 worm (earthworm)      
169 year      
150 yellow      
186 you      

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