Basay

Introduction

Basay is a language of Taiwan. It is spoken in North, Tam Shui to Kungliao area, Fengtzulin, Taipei, Sangchung, and northeast Suao and east of Ilan area.

Dialects

Linaw-Qauqaul, Trobiawan.

The Basay Verb

Verblist

• harate

• acap, laho -- to hold
• baneng -- to hide
• bilaŋ -- to count
• cəpcəp, tsuptsup -- to suck
• c-um-aka-cakay, ts/um/akatsakai -- to walk
• cuppe -- to split
• halaw, kus -- to scratch
• hamiham -- to steal
• harate, haratte -- to bite
• iip, lakau, miip -- to sleep
• kuman, k-um-an -- to eat
• kusa, makaukawas, makawas, sakusa -- to say
• laila, lalau, matai -- to die, be dead
• liatsa -- to buy
• liŋate, tata, tettet -- to fall
• maitatse, malsaosao -- to live, be alive
• masopul -- to know, be knowledgeable
• maßuŋa, mabunga -- to hear
• matsatsau -- to fear
• mLikan, m-Likan -- to cook
• moali, moasali -- to come
• nanui, nanuy -- to swim
• nituŋul' -- to sit
• numaD', zamal, zumal -- to see
• pakalaila -- to kill
• paluma, pa-luma -- to plant
• pametse, p-am-ici -- to choose
• pana -- to shoot
• pana -- to throw
• patay, pukon, toktok -- to hit
• sehəte -- to tie up, fasten
• seloppe -- to drink
• siŋute -- to sniff, smell
• siupe -- to blow
• sppi -- to dream
• sulap -- to burn
• sumaLau -- to hunt
• suŋasuŋal' -- to breathe
• tabu, taktak -- to cut, hack
• taŋa, t-um-angai -- to open, uncover
• tapəs, uta -- to spit
• tawa, taŋataŋa -- to laugh
• tomaŋetse, t-um-aŋice -- to cry
• tsaku -- to dig
• tska -- to stab, pierce
• uta -- to vomit