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Language: Rukai (Budai)

Source/Author:  Ferrell (1969) 
Notes:  Ferrell, R.(1969). Taiwan Aboriginal Groups: Problems in cultural and linguistic classification. Monograph 17: Institute of Ethnology, Academica Sinica 
Problems:  Some slightly different cognacy - see annotations column.

Andreea: replaced /đ/ with /ð/ (cf. book). 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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  • Total Data: 246
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  • Number of Loans: 3
 
Classification:  Austronesian:Formosan:Rukai 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand ʔa:rimáʔ   1  
1 hand sətapai      
1 hand arema   1  
2 left viríʔ   1  
3 right vanál   1  
4 leg/foot dapal'   55  
4 leg/foot daʔal'   55  
4 leg/foot tsapku      
4 leg/foot amou      
5 to walk udadawác'   23  
6 road/path kaur'á      
6 road/path kaələa      
6 road/path kadarananə   1  
7 to come niamá'      
7 to come wakə:la      
8 to turn word info maliuliús   2  
9 to swim walaŋúi   1  
10 dirty malisíʔ      
11 dust səvə́g'      
12 skin ikid'      
13 back word info dərə́k'      
14 belly baráŋ'      
15 bone      
16 intestines boʔóroʔ      
17 liver ʔatái   1  
18 breast totóʔ   1?  
19 shoulder livadáŋ      
19 shoulder tabalaŋa      
20 to know, be knowledgeable watiŋál'      
21 to think kiarəm'rə́m'   1  
22 to fear mok'lə́d'      
23 blood ərái      
24 head ʔáoloʔ   1  
24 head kapallu Skt kapala 'skull' 45 L
25 neck rə'əʔ   1  
25 neck rolun      
25 neck ourohu      
26 hair word info isí'oʔ      
26 hair word info ussioi      
27 nose ŋuŋu'á   28  
27 nose coumonu      
27 nose ongoho   2  
28 to breathe manianiák'      
29 to sniff, smell wasabáliʔ   3  
30 mouth ŋodə́i      
30 mouth ŋodui      
30 mouth muto-mytou      
31 tooth valis'   2  
32 tongue ridám'   3  
33 to laugh macacawáʔ   1  
34 to cry watobí:'      
35 to vomit suaŋalái      
36 to spit ŋalái Sputum / Spittle not verb 3  
37 to eat wakan'   1  
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info wagáʔ      
40 to drink woŋól'      
41 to bite wakác' prefixed kaRaC. Irreg. -C 1  
42 to suck waqa:nuqanúʔ      
43 ear cáliŋaʔ   1  
43 ear charinga   1  
44 to hear kialaláʔ      
45 eye macáʔ   1  
45 eye macha   1  
46 to see wacəʔə́l'      
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep wapə́c'      
48 to sleep oaʔəcə      
49 to lie down word info ʔikaiŋa waʔət'      
50 to dream      
51 to sit watakainə́n'      
52 to stand wáidi:'   1  
52 to stand wá'iri:   1  
53 person/human being ʔomás'      
54 man/male sawalái      
54 man/male sarellai      
54 man/male aoolai      
55 woman/female ʔababái   1  
55 woman/female abaia   1  
56 child rola'i   34?  
56 child lalak'   1  
57 husband      
58 wife      
59 mother tináʔ   1  
60 father ta:máʔ   1  
61 house da:n'      
61 house dami      
62 thatch/roof      
63 name nagán'   1  
64 to say kawárevaʔ      
65 rope ʔunái      
66 to tie up, fasten wa'rə́c'      
66 to tie up, fasten wa'və́g      
67 to sew word info wacaicaisi CaqiS 1?  
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info walúp   1  
69 to hunt word info oaloʔo      
70 to shoot word info wabilakác'      
71 to stab, pierce warakád'      
71 to stab, pierce wadər'də́r'      
72 to hit word info wasasərúr' to hit (with fist)    
73 to steal      
74 to kill wabicaluʔ      
74 to kill wapacai   2  
75 to die, be dead waʔacái   1  
75 to die, be dead opacai   1  
76 to live, be alive maliliŋái      
77 to scratch word info ʔogacəgácə      
78 to cut, hack word info wati'ábuʔ      
79 stick/wood kawaʔ Tree / wood    
79 stick/wood ʔaŋátuʔ Tree / wood    
80 to split word info mauvagái      
80 to split word info matatibi:'      
81 sharp magaráŋ   41  
82 dull, blunt mailút'   53  
83 to work word info ʔaitotomá:ʔ      
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info      
88 to squeeze word info wagəm'gə́m Squeeze (in hand)    
89 to hold word info ma:laʔáʔ   4?  
90 to dig waroqóʔ      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info wadukúruʔ      
95 to fall word info      
96 dog taupóŋ      
97 bird aðaðám   2  
98 egg batók'      
99 feather paridi'   2  
99 feather ʔaridi      
99 feather romó:'      
100 wing parédi'      
101 to fly ʔaŋia:palái      
102 rat təlíkiʔ      
103 meat/flesh bu'át' cogante w/ Sirarya ?    
104 fat/grease simá'   2  
105 tail tawə́s   41  
105 tail taoto      
106 snake ʔəlolái      
106 snake sulan      
107 worm (earthworm) ʔalələbai      
108 louse word info da:cəʔ   10  
108 louse word info da:coʔ   10  
108 louse word info ko:co:   1  
109 mosquito ʔatatimaláu      
109 mosquito tumuŋutu      
110 spider takəraravat'   1?  
111 fish ká'aŋ < PAN *KaRang 'crab' (LS)    
112 rotten word info mabár'      
113 branch word info      
114 leaf      
115 root balác'      
116 flower bən'lái      
117 fruit madə́'   2  
118 grass ʔubə́l'      
119 earth/soil da'éʔ   30  
120 stone rənə́g'      
121 sand ʔənái   1  
122 water word info ʔacilái      
122 water word info achilai      
123 to flow moʔarór      
124 sea báyu      
124 sea raḍəkə      
124 sea baoŋ   5  
125 salt timóʔ   2  
126 lake báyuʔ      
127 woods/forest      
128 sky ʔəməʔə́məʔ      
129 moon damar      
130 star tariáu      
131 cloud word info əmə́'əm'      
132 fog camcám'      
133 rain ʔudál'   1  
134 thunder dərdə́r' irreg loss of rhyme 3?  
135 lightning rikác'   1  
136 wind várig'   2?  
137 to blow word info wa'épiʔ      
138 warm word info waḍaŋḍáŋ      
139 cold word info makəcə́r'   2  
140 dry word info maməál      
141 wet madi:rəsə́ŋ      
142 heavy matiulə́g      
143 fire aʔói   1  
143 fire apoulu   1  
143 fire apoy   1  
144 to burn word info kualaʔáub' Note: Intransitive not Transitive.    
145 smoke word info ʔəbə́l' *qebel 1  
145 smoke word info uburon      
146 ash ʔábuʔ   1  
147 black maicələ́ŋ'   2  
148 white malədə́ʔ      
148 white pupili   1  
149 red dirərə́l'      
150 yellow bobə́rau'a'      
151 green saləsəsəʔ Green / Blue    
152 small təkí'aʔ      
153 big maḍáu      
154 short word info ʔədə́kai   2?  
155 long word info mataŋəláʔ   2?  
156 thin word info maləbíri'   1  
157 thick word info makidəmə́l   21  
158 narrow matiki:      
159 wide mua:ráu      
160 painful, sick əáŋ'əaŋ      
160 painful, sick macaəm   3  
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info marədáŋ   2?  
163 new ba'o'a'   1  
164 good matarír'      
165 bad, evil malisi:'      
166 correct, true tatəŋánuli:'      
167 night ma'úŋ   2?  
168 day váian   17  
169 year caili from Laurent Sagart 22  
170 when? word info kəigaʔ   1  
170 when? word info ləígaʔ   1  
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
174 in, inside yakái      
174 in, inside adiŋ      
175 above bələ́ŋ      
176 below dauda:ə́ʔ   25  
177 this kaivái      
178 that ku'ani'      
179 near wadə́:ð'   1?  
180 far ʔadáil'   2  
181 where? word info yaká'inuʔ   1  
182 I kunakoʔ   1  
183 thou kəsó:'   1  
184 he/she kua:níʔ      
185 we word info kunakuʔ      
185 we word info kota   1  
185 we word info kənái      
186 you konomi      
187 they kuanilaka'í'      
188 what? word info manə́maʔ *nema 16  
189 who? word info ʔanə́'aʔ      
190 other kuará:'      
191 all dumu:dumáʔ      
192 and ʔiraʔ      
193 if      
194 how? word info ma:tómaʔ      
195 no, not      
196 to count wa:sípiʔ   3  
197 One word info ʔə'aʔ   1?  
197 One word info denga      
198 Two word info rusaʔ   1  
198 Two word info nousa   1  
199 Three word info turúʔ   1  
199 Three word info toro   1  
200 Four word info spa:t'   1  
200 Four word info patù   1  
201 Five word info rimáʔ   1  
201 Five word info limà   1  
202 Six word info neum   1  
202 Six word info neuma   1  
202 Six word info ʔənə́m'   1  
203 Seven word info pitúʔ   1  
203 Seven word info pitò   1  
204 Eight word info varóʔ   3  
204 Eight word info mevarou   3  
205 Nine word info baŋát'   8  
205 Nine word info bangato   8  
205 Nine word info bangatu   8  
206 Ten word info porók'   5 L
206 Ten word info pouroukou   5 L
207 Twenty word info mapusál'   1  
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info ʔidái   1  
210 One Thousand word info      

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