Atayal

Introduction

Atayal is a language of Taiwan. It is spoken in Northeast mountains, south of Ketagalan (See: Ketangalan?) language area.

Dialects

Sqoleq (Squliq), Ts’ole’ (Ci’uli’). Mayrinax is a Ci’uli’ subdialect.

The Atayal Verb

Verblist

• tcinun

• cəmaʔis, cmaqis, cumaʔiŋ, cumaqis, smaqis -- to sew
• cəmopah, mutaq -- to vomit
• cmuxuʔ, cumuxuʔ, smuxuʔ -- to pound, beat
• cqrux, macáru', mancaʔrux, mancaqruɣ, msʔurux -- to stand
• cumßuʔ, cunbúʔ, muʔ -- to shoot
• cumuliŋ, lmom, matuliŋ, msuliŋ -- to burn
• galan, galən, magal, miʔiŋ, miŋ, rumiriliq -- to hold
• ɣmawah, ɣmeh, ɣumawah -- to open, uncover
• ɣmoyaw, moyax, mwaaɣ -- to choose
• ɣnsunaʔ, ɣumisunaʔ, pasikiṣiliʔ -- to breathe
• guŋkuíʔ, kmamil, kumamil -- to scratch
• hapui, hpurun, mahúʔil, tmahok, tumahuk, tumaluk -- to cook
• həmimoq, huniák, pasihuß, pənhaŋuts, pshup, shop -- to suck
• hmap, hmop, humaß, métaʔ, metaq -- to stab, pierce
• humakay, mahkaki, mhkaniʔ -- to walk
• kmac, kmat, kumaat, kumat -- to bite
• kmaial, kmayal, kumaal, kumaẓal -- to say
• kméhur, kmehuy, kmihui, kmihuy, kumaiʔ, kumayhu -- to dig
• kmuc, minaẓan, patßaɣßuɣ, talamau, tlamau, tmutuʔ -- to cut, hack
• kmut, papúhil, phoqil, pnoqil, tumutiŋ -- to kill
• ktayux, kumitaal, matox, mitaʔ -- to see
• ləməŋiyaq, lmŋyaq, lumaŋui, lumaŋuy, mələŋiyaq -- to swim
• lmpuɣ, lmpuu, lmpuw, lumpu', lumpuɣ -- to count
• lumaŋluŋ, luŋluŋ, mnluŋ, mŋluŋ -- to think
• mabel, makəŋurah, maqilaap, maqilup, mavi, mʔabiʔ, mʔaβiʔ -- to sleep
• mabel, minraomul -- to lie down
• macabúʔ, maloẓak, qmalup, qumaluap, qumalup -- to hunt
• mahi', mahiy, mihiy, minii, tmuciŋ -- to hit
• mahotaw, mahutaw, maqaluit, masutu, mhutau -- to fall
• mahuʔíl, mhoqil, minuqil, mnahuqil, mnoqil -- to die, be dead
• mamuwaʔ, muyaʔ -- to plant
• maniʔ, maniq -- to eat
• manßahaɣ, mlakaʔ, mulakaʔ -- to fly
• mantahuuk, matamaʔ, matatámaʔ, mathawnak, mətəheyuk, mtamaʔ -- to sit
• maŋilis, miŋilis, mliŋis, mŋilis -- to cry
• maqiyanux, mayanuh, mqianux, mqyanux -- to live, be alive
• marakiyas, mrkyas -- to grow
• maßaay, maßaynay, maziy, mβes -- to buy
• maßaʔßaʔ, mʔβaʔ -- to swell
• maßkaʔ, məṣbakáʔ, mkaʔ, mkβkaʔ, sbkaʔ -- to split
• masuwaɣ, msuyap -- to yawn
• matawaw, mciyaw, mtiyaw, mumarah, qumah -- to work
• matukiẓi, mayray, miray -- to turn
• maẓít, moq, muq -- to squeeze
• maʔábuʔ, manußwaɣ, mnbuu, mnβuw, mnβux -- to drink
• maʔicuɣ, maŋuŋuʔ, mŋuŋuʔ -- to fear
• mhul, mumuʔ, mutut, tmumuʔ -- to tie up, fasten
• mkaraw, rumakiyas, trkax -- to climb
• mqluiʔ, mqnuyiɬ, mthului, mulít -- to flow
• mquriq, qumuriq -- to steal
• mṣéʔ, masiyaq, msiaq, msyaq -- to laugh
• mspiʔ, sumapiyal -- to dream
• muŋ -- to hear
• piskaniy, pskan, smkon -- to chew
• ptuyuq, putuhaq, taẓunaʔ, tiyunaq, tuioq -- to spit
• sakanúx, smok, sumauk -- to sniff, smell
• ßaqun, baʔun, baq, baqun, βaq -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ʔumiyup, jəmup, mzyup, yumuk -- to blow
• ʔunel, muah, mwah -- to come
• βtkaniʔ, mbuliŋ, muliŋ, pabúliŋ, sipakatiʔ -- to throw