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Language: Atayal (Mayrinax)

Source/Author:  Paul Jen-kuei Li 
Notes:  Li, Paul Jen-kuei. 2004. "Basic Vocabulary for Formosan Languages and Dialects." In Li, Paul Jen-kuei. 2004. Selected Papers on Formosan Languages. Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica.

Mayrinax Atayal has separate male and female registers. The female register is usually thought to be the conservative one, while the male register is the derived one.
 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu  Checked By:  
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  • Total Data: 225
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Classification:  Austronesian:Formosan:Atayalic 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand qaßaʔ      
2 left ʔiil   1  
3 right ʔanan      
4 leg/foot kukuy      
5 to walk humakay      
6 road/path raniq male register    
6 road/path raan female register    
7 to come mwah      
8 to turn word info mayray      
9 to swim lumaŋuy      
10 dirty maʔuraɣ      
11 dust      
12 skin kuahil      
13 back word info makasuɣ      
14 belly naßwas      
15 bone ßaqniʔ      
16 intestines ɣiwus      
17 liver saik      
18 breast xuxuʔ      
19 shoulder haŋaliq      
20 to know, be knowledgeable ßaqun      
21 to think lumaŋluŋ      
22 to fear maʔicuɣ      
23 blood mamuux      
24 head tunux      
25 neck wariyuŋ      
26 hair word info ʔaßaɣ na tunux literally "head leaf"    
27 nose ŋuhuɣ      
28 to breathe ɣumisunaʔ      
29 to sniff, smell sumauk      
30 mouth ŋaqwaq      
31 tooth ɣiʔnux male register    
31 tooth ɣipun female register    
32 tongue hmaʔ   1  
33 to laugh masiyaq      
34 to cry miŋilis      
35 to vomit mutaq   1  
36 to spit putuhaq      
37 to eat maniq   2  
38 to chew word info piskaniy      
39 to cook word info tumahuk male register    
39 to cook word info tumaluk female register    
40 to drink manußwaɣ      
41 to bite kumaat      
42 to suck pasihuß      
43 ear caŋiaʔ      
44 to hear muŋ   3  
45 eye rawiq   2  
46 to see kumitaal      
47 to yawn masuwaɣ   1  
48 to sleep maqilaap male register    
48 to sleep maqilup female register    
49 to lie down word info      
50 to dream sumapiyal      
51 to sit mathawnak male register    
51 to sit mantahuuk female register    
52 to stand mancaʔrux male register    
52 to stand mancaqruɣ female register    
53 person/human being      
54 man/male maliku      
55 woman/female kanayril male register 2  
55 woman/female kanawnuʔ female register    
56 child ʔulaqiʔ      
57 husband      
58 wife      
59 mother yayaʔ term of reference 2  
59 mother ʔayaʔ term of address 2  
60 father yaßaʔ term of reference    
60 father ʔaßaʔ term of address    
61 house ʔimuaɣ male register    
61 house ʔimuɣ female register    
62 thatch/roof qinaʔapiʔ male register    
62 thatch/roof qinaɣapiʔ female register    
63 name raluʔ      
64 to say kumaal   3  
65 rope      
66 to tie up, fasten mhul      
67 to sew word info cumaʔiŋ male register    
67 to sew word info cumaqis female register    
68 needle raum male register 1  
68 needle raɣum female register 1  
69 to hunt word info qumaluap male register    
69 to hunt word info qumalup female register    
70 to shoot word info cumßuʔ      
71 to stab, pierce humaß      
72 to hit word info mahiy      
73 to steal qumuriq      
74 to kill tumutiŋ      
75 to die, be dead minuqil male register    
75 to die, be dead mnahuqil female register    
76 to live, be alive maqiyanux      
77 to scratch word info kumamil      
78 to cut, hack word info patßaɣßuɣ      
79 stick/wood kahuniq male register 1  
79 stick/wood kahuy female register 1  
80 to split word info maßkaʔ      
81 sharp ŋawsun      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info matawaw      
84 to plant mamuwaʔ      
85 to choose mwaaɣ      
86 to grow word info marakiyas      
87 to swell word info maßaʔßaʔ      
88 to squeeze word info muq      
89 to hold word info miʔiŋ male register    
89 to hold word info rumiriliq female register    
90 to dig kumayhu male register    
90 to dig kumaiʔ female register    
91 to buy maßaynay male register    
91 to buy maßaay female register    
92 to open, uncover ɣumawah      
93 to pound, beat word info cumuxuʔ      
94 to throw word info sipakatiʔ      
95 to fall word info maqaluit      
96 dog huyil      
97 bird qaßahniq      
98 egg ßatuʔ      
99 feather paliʔ   2  
100 wing qaqahiŋ   2  
100 wing paliʔ   2  
101 to fly manßahaɣ      
102 rat qawlit      
103 meat/flesh hiʔ   1  
104 fat/grease qnuʔ      
105 tail ŋaʔŋuʔ      
106 snake quruʔ      
107 worm (earthworm) ßicuɣ      
108 louse word info kuhiŋ male register 9  
108 louse word info kucuʔ female register 9  
109 mosquito kuiʔ      
110 spider kawßay      
111 fish quleh   29  
112 rotten word info maßuruk      
113 branch word info qarax      
114 leaf ʔaßaɣ      
115 root ɣamil      
116 flower      
117 fruit ßuay      
118 grass kiʔman      
119 earth/soil rauq male register    
119 earth/soil ʔutiq female register    
120 stone ßatunux      
121 sand ßunaqiy      
122 water word info qusiyaʔ      
123 to flow      
124 sea ßaruʔ      
125 salt cimuʔ   2  
126 lake      
127 woods/forest      
128 sky kaal      
129 moon ßuatiŋ      
130 star ßuliquw male register    
130 star ßuluq female register    
131 cloud word info hamhum      
132 fog      
133 rain qwalax      
134 thunder ßicuɣ      
135 lightning taptap      
136 wind ßayhuw      
137 to blow word info ʔumiyup      
138 warm word info makilux      
139 cold word info ɣihaq      
140 dry word info marŋuʔ      
141 wet mahuiq      
142 heavy ʔimuliq      
143 fire hapuniq male register 1  
143 fire hapuy female register 1  
144 to burn word info cumuliŋ      
145 smoke word info ɣahiluq      
146 ash qaßuliʔ      
147 black maɣalawaʔ      
148 white maʔußaʔ      
149 red matanah   2  
150 yellow      
151 green mawasiq      
152 small tikay      
153 big rahuwal      
154 short word info ʔistiŋ      
155 long word info qanaruux      
156 thin word info lihipiq      
157 thick word info kihmaa      
158 narrow ʔirhiy male register    
158 narrow ɣirhiy female register    
159 wide ʔilahaŋ male register    
159 wide ɣilahaŋ female register    
160 painful, sick muxaal male register    
160 painful, sick mawxaʔ female register    
161 shy, ashamed msicaal      
162 old word info naßakis      
163 new ʔiqas male register    
163 new ɣiqas female register    
164 good ßalaiq      
165 bad, evil      
166 correct, true cußalay      
167 night mahantan      
168 day riʔax day    
168 day waɣiʔ sun    
169 year kaal      
170 when? word info kanuwan future    
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info rumakiyas      
173 at      
174 in, inside tiɣickaʔ      
175 above ßaßawiq      
176 below yahuʔ      
177 this hani   1  
178 that haca      
179 near sawßih      
180 far tatuhiʔ      
181 where? word info ʔinuʔ      
182 I kuyiŋ      
182 I -cu      
183 thou ʔisuʔ      
184 he/she ʔihiyaʔ      
185 we word info ʔitaʔ inclusive 2  
185 we word info cami exclusive 2  
186 you ʔicimu      
187 they ʔinhaʔ      
188 what? word info nanuwan      
189 who? word info ʔimaʔ      
190 other cuquliq other (person)    
191 all kahaaɣ      
192 and ruʔ   20  
192 and kiʔ   20  
193 if nisinaʔ      
193 if ʔatuna      
194 how? word info mahananuʔ      
194 how? word info humicuaʔ      
195 no, not ʔiqaat no    
195 no, not ʔini not    
196 to count lumpuɣ      
197 One word info qutux   2  
198 Two word info ʔusayiŋ      
199 Three word info tuɣal      
200 Four word info sapaat      
201 Five word info ʔimaɣal      
202 Six word info matuuʔ = 2 x 3    
203 Seven word info mapituʔ   1  
204 Eight word info maspat = 2 x 4    
205 Nine word info mamaqisuʔ      
206 Ten word info maɣalpuɣ      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      

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