Bolyu

Introduction

Bolyu is a language of China. It is spoken in Far west Guangxi on the Guizhou and Yunnan borders, Xilin and Longlin counties, in 2 groups. Possibly in Yunnan.

Dialects

May be similar to Bugan (See: Bugan), which is the nearest Mon-Khmer language geographically.

The Bolyu Verb

Verblist

• ɕən5 -- to steal
• ɕi3 -- to choose
• ha:i1 -- to open, uncover
• ɬa:i3 -- to swim
• lat8 -- to fall
• lɔu4 -- to hold
• ɬi:t10 -- to kill
• ɬi:t7 -- to die, be dead
• ljaŋ2 -- to fly
• lu6, tɕən3 tsak8 -- to see
• mbjɔ3, phju1 -- to spit
• mbu:n5 -- to flow
• mɔŋ -- to hear
• me4 -- to think
• mi1 -- to laugh
• muɔ2 -- to come
• nau2 -- to stand
• ndək7 se5 -- to breathe
• ndi5 -- to lie down
• ȵe4, li2, li2 ȵe4 -- to say
• ȵe6 -- to walk
• pa:u2 -- to dream
• sa:i5 -- to know, be knowledgeable
• san3 -- to swell
• su:n5 -- to sew
• su3 -- to buy
• tan5 -- to pound, beat
• tɔ4 -- to chew
• tɕən5 -- to bite
• tɕhi:n1 -- to turn
• tha:i1 -- to cut, hack
• tha:u6 -- to tie up, fasten
• tɯ2 -- to shoot
• tsai2 -- to hit
• tsan5 -- to sniff, smell
• tsɔ3 -- to eat
• tsi4 hu1 -- to hunt
• tu:t8 -- to live, be alive
• vəŋ2 -- to throw
• ʑa:m4 -- to cry
• ʑai3, tjɔk7 -- to dig
• ʑam5 -- to sit
• ʑu1 -- to plant
• ʑu6 -- to fear
• ʔu:k7 -- to vomit
• ʔu:t7 -- to drink