Sesquisyllabic word structure L. Bert Voorhoeve

cc. fan 51 ‘thigh’ Ks kəpaːn dd. le 44 ‘husband’ Bm pa 24 li 55 , Ks ʔəliː ee. kən 44 ‘wife’ Bm mɛ 24 kăn 55 ff. su 33 se 44 ‘child’ CB kuon gg. ʨəu 44 ‘grandchild’ Bm sɛm 55 hh. ʔda 33 ti 44 ‘hand’ Bm ti 55 ii. kun 33 kən 44 Ks kɔɔn khoon ‘daughter’ jj. Ɂu 24ʔ ‘father’ Bm măm 55 kk. ʔdi 51 ‘father’s older brother’ ll. ʔbɔ 24ʔ ‘father’s younger brother’ mm. za 33 ‘father’s mother’ nn. nai 24ʔ ‘mother’s mother’ oo. mɛ 24ʔ ‘mother’ Bm mɛ 24 pp. ʔi 51 ‘sister older’ Bm ai 24 qq. ʔoi 33 kən 44 ‘sister younger’ Bm mɛ 24 oi 55 rr. ʔai 51 ‘brother older’ Bm ai 24 dɯŋ 55 ss. ʔoi 33 kun 44 ‘brother younger’Bm pa 24 oi 55 tt. Ɂɔm.Ɂdum 44 ‘pus’ Bm dum 55 uu. nɯŋ 44 ‘skin’ Bm nɯŋ 55 7 Space and Time a. tuŋ 51 ‘above’ b. ʔboŋ 44 ‘below’ b. ʔbəŋ.nɔŋ 44 ‘inside’ c. ʔbəŋ.ʔdo 24ʔ ‘outside’ e. ʔbəŋ.ve 44 ‘left’ Ks luoŋ wi f. ʔbəŋ.tam 44 ‘right’ luoŋ meːŋ g. mɯ 21 ‘day’ Bm mə 21 , Ks mɯ h. mɯ 51 ŋɛ 33 ‘yesterday’ Ks mɯ kik i. mɯ 51 mɯp 44 ‘tomorrow’ Ks mɯ gɯm j. laŋ 33 mom 51 ‘last year’ Ks həwaːŋ mom k. pi 44 laŋ 33 he 44 ‘this year’ l. laŋ 33 mia 24ʔ ‘newnext year’ Ks pi náː 8 Descriptions a. hai 21 ‘bad’ Ks ʔuəj b. mia 24ʔ ‘new’ Bm mia 24 , Ks həmeː c. kua 24ʔ ‘old’ Bm. kua 24 d. ɕia 24ʔ ‘sweet’ Bm sia 24 , Ks pəseː e. ʔba 24ʔ ‘sour’ Bm ba 24 , Ks kəwak f. ʨaŋ 44 ‘bitter’ Bm tsăŋ 44 , Ks tsuŋ g. ʨə 24ʔ ‘insipid’ Ks ʔbaːm h. kin 51 ‘salty’ Bm zɛ 24 , Ks ʔbeh i. hɔm 24ʔ ‘fragrant’ Bm hɔm 24 Tai hɔɔm A1 j. ʔda 12 ‘black’ Bm da 12 , Ks ʔok k. Ɂbuk 44 ‘white’ Ks lɯək l. ʔɛ 33 ‘yellow’ Bm ʔɛ 33 , Ks lɯəŋTai m. sɔ 24ʔ ‘red’ Bm ɕɔ 24 , Ks kəʔet n. ʔdɯŋ 44 ‘big’ Bm dɯŋ 55 o. zau 51 ‘high, tall’ Bm jau 51 , Ks kəzoːŋ p. ki 33 ‘low’ Ks tiəp q. zan 44 ‘lightweight’ Bm jan 33 , Ks həlzaːl r. tam 44 ‘heavy’ Bm tăm 55 s. ʔem 24ʔ ‘early’ t. ʔaŋ 44 ‘cold’ u. zin 51 ‘dark’ v. haŋ 44 ‘dry’ w. zɯ 24ʔ ‘far’ Bm jɯ 24 x. məi 44 ‘fat’ y. ʔam 44 ‘good’ z. kap 33 ‘narrow, tight’ Bm kɛp 21 aa. ʔbot 33 ‘near’ bb. so 24ʔ ‘raw’ cc. zum 44 ‘sharp’ dd. ʨap 44 ‘sticky’ ee. ʔdap 33 ‘hot’ Bm un 24 ff. kui 21 ‘smelly’ Ks poːt 9 Material culture a. ɲa 44 ‘house’ Bm ɲa 55 , Ks zioŋ b. ʔboŋ.ʨɛn 24ʔ ‘bowl’ Ks ʔdoːj c. tɔŋ 51 ‘bracelet’ Bm dăm 55 tɔŋ 51 d. fai 24ʔ ‘cloth’ Bm phai 24 ‘cotton’ e. hap 24ʔ ‘carrying pole’ Tai f. kun 44 ‘skirt’ g. tu 24ʔ ‘chopsticks’ h. ha 12 ‘alcoholic beverage’ 10 Food and Plants a. kɔ.zum 44 ‘glutinous rice’ Bm kɔ 51 jum 55 Ks kəloŋ b. nɯa 24ʔ ‘meat’ Tai, Ks ksoŋ c. ʔdat 44 ‘grass’ Bm băt 24 , Ks gɯk d. kɛŋ 44 ‘cogongrass’ Bm kəŋ 55 , Ks ŋeːl e. za 44 ‘medicine’ Bm ja 44 f. la 44 ‘leaf’ Bm na 55 Ks ʔbɯːu g. məi 51 ‘tree’ Tai, Ks kəʔuoŋ h. nun 33 ‘cotton’ Bm phai 24 , Ks ɲɯəŋ i. ʔba 33 ‘bamboo’ Bm va 33 j. thua 24ʔ ‘bean’ Bm thua 24 m. pe 33 ʔə 24ʔ ‘pumpkin’ Ks ʔbiəbăk ʔɯ n. hau 55 ʔbɔn 24ʔ kuaiCB ‘taro’ Bm hɔ 55 o. kam.hok 44 ‘rice chaff inedible’ p. tɔŋ 51 ke 51 ‘moss’ q. pe 33 xɯa 44 ‘eggplant’ r. ʔbak 44 ‘flower’ Bm ba 24 s. xa 24ʔ ‘galangal’ Tai t. hie 51 ‘ginger’ u. pe 33 kien 33 ‘melon’ v. hɔm 24ʔ ‘onion’ w. ʔdɔŋ.wɔ 44 ‘rice spike’ x. kɛŋ 24ʔ ‘soup’ y. ʨa 21 ‘thorn’ Bm tsa 33 z. məi 51 ‘tree’ aa. lɔŋ 44 ‘greens’ 11 Pronouns a. ʔda 44 ‘I’ Bm da 55 , Ks ʔaɲ b. mi 44 ‘you sg.’ Bm mi 44 , Ks mih c. mə.ke 44 ‘you pl.’ Ks lok kɯh d. zia 44 ‘we incl.’ Ks zii e. nɔ 24ʔ ‘we excl.’ Bm nɔ 24 , Ks ʔée f. ke 44 ‘he, she, it’ Bm ki 55 , Ks ʔɯn g. kɔn 51 ‘they’ Bm ki 55 12 Numerals a. lo 24ʔ ‘1’ Bm lu 24 ; Ks met b. ʔbɯa 24ʔ ‘2’ Bm bɯa 24 ; Ks sɔɔŋ c. fia 24ʔ ‘3’ Bm pia 24 ; Ks saam d. fɔn 44 ‘4’ Bm pɔn 55 ; Ks sii e. ha 33 ‘5’ Bm səŋ 55 ; Ks haa f. hok 44 ‘6’ Bm hok 24 ; Ks hok g. ʨet 44 ‘7’ Bm tset 24 ; Ks ʨɛt h. pɛt 24 ‘8’ Bm pɛt 24 ; Ks pɛɛt i. kəu 24ʔ ‘9’ Bm kău 12 ; Ks kaw j. sip 44 ‘10’ Bm sip 24 ; Ks sip k. sip 44 sɔŋ 44 ‘12’ Bm sip 24 sɔŋ 55 Ks sip sɔɔŋ l. sau 51 ‘20’ Bm sau 51 ; Ks saw m. lo 24ʔ ɦɔi 51 ‘100’ Ks met ɦooj n. lo 24ʔ pan 51 ‘1000’ Bm lu 24 păn 51, Ks met phan 13 Verbs a. hɛ 44 ‘accept’ b. ho 21 ‘bark’ c. sum.ʔɔm 24ʔ ‘bathe’ Ks Ɂuːm d. ʔak 44 ‘bite’ Ks Ɂak e. ʔe 24ʔ ‘burn’ f. sə 21 ‘buy’ Bm sɯ 21 Tai g. hiu 24ʔ ‘carry hanging’ Tai, Ks deel h. ʔbɛk 24ʔ ‘carry on shoulder’ Tai i. Ɂum 44 ‘come’ Bm um 55 , Ks Ɂoːm j. tɛ.tu 24ʔ ‘cook’ k. koŋ 44 ‘crow chicken’ Ks keel l. tat 44 ‘cut with scissors’ m. ŋat 44 ‘die’ Bm ŋăt 21 , Ks siən n. tu 24ʔ ‘eat’ Bm tu 24 , Ks kaː o. ti 24ʔ ‘fall down’ Ks ʨəgəm p. tuk.Ɂdɛ 44 ‘give’ PKhmu dɛ q. zə 12ʔ ‘go’ Bm zɯ 12 , Ks zuu r. teu 51 ‘hide’ Ks kətɯɯl s. tɛm 24ʔ ‘kill’ Ks pəsoən t. mɔn 44 ‘know’ PKhmu nǝːŋ, Ks zuə u. pɔk 24ʔ ‘peel’ v. lak 44 ‘pull’ Bm it 24 Ks laak w. kɔn 33 vat 44 ‘pull grass’ x. ʨə 24ʔ ‘remember’ Ks kətsuh y. zaŋ 21 ‘rest’ Bm jăŋ 51 z. Ɂum 44 ‘return’ Bm um 55 , Ks Ɂoːm aa. ɲun 44 ‘sit’ Bm ɲon 44 , Ks kliən bb. lɛm 24ʔ ‘sleep’ Bm lɛm 24 cc. kut 24ʔ ‘scrape’ Ks loːt dd. ʔdai 21 ’run’ ee. zɛŋ 44 ‘stand’ Bm jɛŋ 55 , Ks tsal ff. sɯn 44 ‘vomit’ Bm sən 55 , PKhmu hɨal, Km hɨal gg. pɯa 24ʔ ‘fly’ PKhmu tɨːr, Bm bɯa 24 , Ks pal hh. he.kit 44 ‘forget’ ii. tiək 33 ‘lie down’ jj. kiu 24ʔ ‘mow’ Ks kiəw Tai ll. taŋ 44 ‘roast’ Bm saŋ 55 , Ks zɯŋ mm. ku 51 ‘wait’ Bm ku 51 , PKhmu kɔʔ, Km kɔʔ