Bunun

Introduction

Bunun is a language of Taiwan. It is spoken in East central plain, south of the Sediq (Taroko) (See: Taroko) language area.

Dialects

Central Bunun (Takbanuao, Takevatan, Takivatan), North Bunun (Takebakha, Taketodo, Takibakha, Takitudu), Randai, Shibukun (Sibucoon, Sibukaun, Sibukun, Sivukun), South Bunun (Ishbukun), Takopulan, Tondai.

The Bunun Verb

Verblist

• tangis
• uka

• (si)supsup, sicupcup, si-cupcup, supsup'ún -- to suck
• baðbað, palnatuʔ, túpaʔ -- to say
• bainin, baynahay, haiðin, hanuŋqan, luðaʔ, mi:ṣúmaʔ, minsumin -- to come
• hánop, hanup, qanup -- to hunt
• hayap, mahansiap, maqanciap, qansiap -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ho'od, huud, quʔ, quuʔ -- to drink
• kalat -- to bite
• kalinastuʔ, kalinastuʔun, kalinastuun, malúdah, maludah, maludaq -- to hit
• kəlavun, makalav, məkálav -- to scratch
• kiṣ-b̂uŋánan, maɬaupaʔ, malawpa -- to stab, pierce
• koṣb̂ái, kusbai -- to fly
• kudadaʔ, manakis, mudadaan -- to climb
• kuðakúðaʔ, kuðakuða, kukuða -- to work
• lab̂átoʔ, mabatu, matakunav, muŋhav -- to throw
• mabaðuʔ -- to pound, beat
• mabaɬiv, mabaliv -- to buy
• macuað, ma-cuað, masuað -- to plant
• madaipuhín, maʔanat, mahanat, pitdia -- to cook
• mahaháinan, mahainan, maqainan -- to laugh
• mahaivusvus, maqayðuŋðuŋ, minb̂ohb̂óh, siqaivusvus -- to turn
• ma'íp, maʔiup, ma-ʔiup -- to blow
• makaðkað, makai, ma-kai -- to dig
• makulút, matuktuk, matumpuʔ -- to cut, hack
• maluhus, maluquc, maluqus, parantahón -- to tie up, fasten
• maɬuŋhuʔ, malʔánohoʔ, maluŋqu, mu-luŋqu -- to sit
• mánah, manah, manaq -- to shoot
• manbaɬvaʔ, minbalva, minbalvaʔ, tismuq -- to swell
• maŋhánoʔ, muŋhanuʔ, muŋqanuʔ, muŋ-qanuʔ -- to flow
• mapapah, mapapaq, mapaqpaq, ma-tumaqi -- to chew
• mapatað, pa-patað, patáðun -- to kill
• mapisiŋ, papísiŋ -- to fear
• maṣáb̂ah -- to lie down
• maṣavah, masabah, masabaq, matodon -- to sleep
• maṣípul, masipuɬ, masipul -- to count
• masnipaq, matnipah, matnipaq, nípah -- to spit
• mátað, matað -- to die, be dead
• matáhiṣ, matahis, mataqis, ma-taqis -- to sew
• mataisah, mataisaq, matasaq -- to dream
• matuaʔ -- to open, uncover
• ma'ún, maʔun, m-aʔun, maun -- to eat
• mihú:mis, mihumis, miqumic, miqumis -- to live, be alive
• milískin, miliskin, pismantuk -- to think
• mindaŋkað, mindaŋkaðaʔ, mind̂aŋkað -- to stand
• mindia, miŋqaylað -- to choose
• miṣtab̂aʔ, minsuŋap, mis-cunaʔ, pisdua -- to burn
• mótah, mutah, mutaq -- to vomit
• mudadaan, mud̂ad̂á'an -- to walk
• muhalhal, muqalqal -- to fall
• padasa, padusaʔ, timpusláʔ -- to split
• ṣádoʔ, sadu -- to see
• ṣákun, saak -- to sniff, smell
• sisusuab, susua, su-suaʔ -- to yawn
• ṣúmb̂aŋ, sumbaŋ -- to breathe
• tal'i'ia, tal'ia, talʔia -- to grow
• taŋhaiuʔ, taŋqaiuʔ -- to steal
• taŋiṣ, taŋic, taŋis -- to cry
• taʔáðaʔ, taʔaðaʔ, tanʔa -- to hear
• ʔalikúsan, ʔaŋkuc, kidikus, maʔaŋkus -- to hold
• ʔapʔap, suŋhahaul, tunʔapʔap, tunhapav -- to swim
• ʔarishótan, masasput, masput, matacput -- to squeeze