Kanakanabu

Introduction

Kanakanabu is a language of Taiwan. It is spoken in Central, Sanmin Township, Kaohsiung County, Minchuan village area.

The Kanakanabu Verb

Verblist

• aracakanu, aracakaŋə -- to hunt
• aratakarə, mucíri, takórə -- to stand
• cəə́rai, cmuacəʔəra, cumacəʔəra -- to see
• cumacəvərə -- to grow
• iávatu, ivátu -- to come
• kɔʔua -- to steal
• kumakarakara -- to scratch
• kumakəənə, kumən -- to eat
• kumáuru, kumakauru -- to dig
• maacáca, maacaca, pacacáən -- to laugh
• maamacai, macái, piapacái -- to die, be dead
• makanaŋúru, makanaŋulu -- to swim
• makatutu, mariavakesə -- to hit
• makusaʔəsaʔəmə -- to chew
• marínta -- to split
• mariparici -- to cut, hack
• marisauvu -- to sniff, smell
• maritatiin -- to hold
• mari'ucuucu -- to suck
• masinakarə -- to squeeze
• masusuapə -- to yawn
• matalakklakə -- to climb
• matapaliʔi -- to fall
• matapaŋarə -- to stab, pierce
• matupunu -- to throw
• maʔacunu -- to flow
• maʔicəpə -- to fear
• məməən -- to tie up, fasten
• miapacái, miapacai, pepácai -- to kill
• miauru -- to pound, beat
• míma, miima -- to drink
• miŋánai, miŋanai -- to fly
• muacaaca, muláva, mŭacaca -- to walk
• muacunu, namárən -- to burn
• muapanaʔə, mŏa-pana-ə -- to shoot
• muruŋisaa -- to breathe
• muruvaakə -- to swell
• paacəpəcəpəŋə -- to think
• patakusəələ -- to turn
• paʔucipi -- to cook
• poísua, puukarikari -- to say
• puaŋaai, ŋái -- to spit
• puiliili -- to choose
• pulualupu -- to blow
• pusu-ʔəcəpə -- to dream
• putuʔənəvə -- to open, uncover
• puʔa -- to buy
• rumáisi, rumaraʔisi, tapianáŋai -- to bite
• seecə́pə, siaʔəcəpə -- to sleep
• sumasəpə́rə -- to count
• taavalaʔə, tavaláə -- to know, be knowledgeable
• tamaʔiarə -- to work
• taraparuparu -- to vomit
• timanə́n, tumatimana -- to hear
• tuapur̃u, tupúru -- to sit
• tumáŋi, tumataŋi -- to cry
• tumataʔisi, tumata-iṣi -- to sew
• umaəməkə -- to plant
• ʔumaʔuciʔucipi -- to live, be alive