Tsat

Introduction

Tsat is a language of China. It is spoken in South Hainan Prefecture; Yaxian (Sanya) County, Yanglan District, Huixin and Huihui villages.

Dialects

Most similar to Northern Roglai (See: Roglai, Northern), but very different. Tsat is structurally changed to be like Chinese.

The Tsat Verb

Verblist

• tiawʔ³²

• hia 33 -- to cry
• huaʔ 24 -- to eat
• huiʔ 24 -- to drink
• kawʔ 24 -- to bite
• kaʔ 24 -- to tie up, fasten
• keʔ 24 -- to steal
• kʰet 24, tʰuən 11 -- to cut, hack
• kʰiaw 11 -- to scratch
• law 11 pʰi 55 -- to fall
• leʔ 24/55 -- to kill
• lit 24 -- to stand
• luai 33 ʔai 33, ziu 11 -- to swim
• ma 55 -- to chew
• məʔ 24 -- to hear
• na 55 -- to shoot
• na:uʔ 32, pʰaʔ 43 -- to walk
• noŋ 33, pi 55 -- to choose
• ñu 55 -- to sniff, smell
• pan 33 -- to fly
• panʔ 21 -- to squeeze
• pay 33 -- to dream
• pʰa 55 -- to spit
• pʰia 55 -- to split
• pʰia 55 -- to swell
• pʰiay 11 -- to buy
• pʰuaʔ 43 -- to work
• pia 33 -- to plant
• pioŋʔ 32 kiaw 33 -- to laugh
• piʔ 24 ta 33 -- to sleep
• po 55 kʰiayʔ 32 -- to hunt
• po 55 pa 33 -- to pound, beat
• po 55 -- to hit
• poyʔ 24 -- to say
• siak 24 kʰi 33 -- to breathe
• sioŋʔ 32 -- to think
• siʔ 24 -- to sew
• ta 55 -- to vomit
• ta:yʔ 32 -- to die, be dead
• tʰa:wʔ 43 -- to hide
• tʰanʔ 32 -- to turn
• tʰiuʔ 43 -- to live, be alive
• tʰoʔ 43 -- to sit
• tiawʔ 32 -- to know, be knowledgeable
• tsa:wʔ 21 -- to hold
• tsu 55 -- to burn
• tsui 33 -- to stab, pierce
• tuʔ 24 -- to cook
• za:iʔ 32 -- to come
• zawʔ 24 -- to count
• zuʔ 24 -- to blow
• ʔa:wʔ 24 -- to yawn
• ʔbayʔ 24 -- to open, uncover
• ʔbu 55, hiawʔ 24 -- to see
• ʔbuay 33 -- to climb
• ʔda 11, heʔ 24 -- to fear
• ʔdi 55 -- to lie down
• ʔdoyʔ 43 -- to flow