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Language: Basay

Source/Author:  Paul Jen-kuei Li 
Notes:  3 papers from Paul Jen-kuei Li were consulted.
1) The Linguistic Position of Basay (2001) [in Chinese]
2) Origins of the East Formosans (2004)
3) Problems in the Basay Language (1999)

All 3 papers can be found in Li, Paul Jen-kuei (2004). Selected Papers on Formosan Languages. Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu  Checked By:  
Statistics: 
  • Total Data: 125
  • Number of Retentions:
  • Number of Loans: 0
 
Classification:  Austronesian:Formosan:East Formosan:Northern 
Map  Sorry, no map co-ordinates found for this language. 

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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand cima      
2 left ka-wiLi Trobiawan dialect    
3 right      
4 leg/foot      
5 to walk c-um-aka-cakay      
6 road/path cacan      
7 to come moasali to arrive    
8 to turn word info      
9 to swim nanuy      
10 dirty lakungkung      
11 dust      
12 skin      
13 back word info      
14 belly tian      
15 bone tulan      
16 intestines tinai      
17 liver      
18 breast cicu irregular sound change    
19 shoulder      
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
22 to fear      
23 blood cala      
24 head ucu      
24 head tavan      
25 neck      
26 hair word info bukəs      
27 nose      
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell      
30 mouth      
31 tooth bancaw      
32 tongue      
33 to laugh tawa      
34 to cry t-um-aŋice      
35 to vomit      
36 to spit uta      
37 to eat k-um-an      
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info m-Likan      
40 to drink      
41 to bite harate      
42 to suck cəpcəp      
43 ear      
44 to hear      
45 eye mata   1  
46 to see zamal      
46 to see zumal      
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep miip      
48 to sleep iip      
49 to lie down word info      
50 to dream      
51 to sit      
52 to stand      
53 person/human being tau      
54 man/male      
55 woman/female b-in-ay   1  
56 child wanake      
57 husband cawaa metathesis < *qasawa    
57 husband maninai      
58 wife minai      
59 mother tina      
60 father tama      
61 house kiniyen home    
61 house kinian home    
62 thatch/roof      
63 name ŋanan      
64 to say kusa      
64 to say sakusa      
64 to say makawas past tense    
65 rope      
66 to tie up, fasten      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info pana to throw    
71 to stab, pierce      
72 to hit word info patay < *paCay 'to die'    
73 to steal      
74 to kill      
75 to die, be dead matai Trobiawan dialect    
76 to live, be alive malsaosao alive    
77 to scratch word info halaw      
78 to cut, hack word info taktak to cut down (a tree)    
79 stick/wood      
80 to split word info cuppe      
81 sharp      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info      
84 to plant pa-luma      
85 to choose p-am-ici      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
89 to hold word info acap < *alap    
90 to dig      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover t-um-angai      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info      
95 to fall word info      
96 dog wacu      
97 bird manuk bird    
97 bird toqoqa chicken    
98 egg telud' ~ telod'      
99 feather      
100 wing      
101 to fly      
102 rat mutun      
103 meat/flesh ci      
104 fat/grease      
105 tail      
106 snake      
107 worm (earthworm)      
108 louse word info kutu      
109 mosquito      
110 spider pakaw      
111 fish baute      
111 fish vautta Trobiawan dialect    
112 rotten word info      
113 branch word info      
114 leaf bila      
115 root lamit      
116 flower      
117 fruit saquL      
118 grass      
119 earth/soil tapel soil    
120 stone batu      
121 sand      
122 water word info lanum      
122 water word info zanum Trobiawan dialect    
123 to flow      
124 sea      
125 salt      
126 lake      
127 woods/forest      
128 sky      
129 moon bucan      
130 star      
131 cloud word info      
132 fog      
133 rain uran      
134 thunder      
135 lightning      
136 wind baci      
137 to blow word info siupe      
138 warm word info      
139 cold word info meneng      
140 dry word info      
141 wet      
142 heavy      
143 fire ramar      
144 to burn word info      
145 smoke word info      
146 ash abu      
147 black      
148 white      
149 red      
150 yellow      
151 green      
152 small      
153 big qalawia Trobiawan dialect    
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info manengke thick, fat    
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick habateng sick    
161 shy, ashamed ma-sikat'      
162 old word info      
163 new      
164 good salak      
165 bad, evil      
166 correct, true      
167 night rabi      
168 day cənal < *siNaR    
168 day lien      
168 day na      
169 year tasaw      
170 when? word info kinan      
171 to hide word info baneng      
172 to climb word info      
173 at li      
174 in, inside caila      
175 above      
176 below moco      
177 this azai Shinshe dialect    
178 that      
179 near      
180 far      
181 where? word info inu      
181 where? word info a-inu      
182 I yaku      
183 thou isu      
184 he/she -ia nominative case    
185 we word info mita inclusive    
185 we word info yami exclusive    
186 you imu      
187 they -ia nominative case    
188 what? word info unu      
189 who? word info cuwai      
189 who? word info cai-      
190 other laheta Shinshe dialect    
190 other laqitia Trobiawan dialect    
191 all      
192 and ka      
193 if nu      
194 how? word info mamkak      
195 no, not mia      
196 to count bilaŋ      
197 One word info ca      
198 Two word info lusa      
199 Three word info cuu      
200 Four word info səpat      
201 Five word info cima      
202 Six word info anəm      
203 Seven word info pitu      
204 Eight word info wacu      
205 Nine word info siwa      
206 Ten word info labatan      
207 Twenty word info lusabtin      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info rasibu      
210 One Thousand word info raran < *DaDaN    

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