Kavalan
Facts
- Language: Kavalan
- Alternate names: Cabaran, Kabalan, Kabaran, Kamalan, Kavanan, Kavarauan, Kbalan, Kibalan, Kiwaraw, Kiwarawa, Kuvalan, Kuvarawan, Kuwarawan, Kvalan, Shekwan
- Language code: ckv
- Language family: Austronesian, East Formosan, Northern East Formosan
- Number of speakers: 24
- Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
- Script:
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Introduction
Kavalan is a language of Taiwan. It is spoken in Northeast coast, above Toucheng to Ilan, nearly to Suao, and inland to Atayal (See: Atayal) language area. No longer spoken in the original area; a few migrants to the east coast, Hsishe village, Fengpin Township, Hualien County (1990).
Dialects
Kareovan (Kareowan).
The Kavalan Verb
Verblist
- banaw
- maynep
- saqut
- taktak
- uzis
- akwa, kautúʔ, naori, qawtóʔ, utu- -- to come
- anem, ka:sianə́m, kəsianə́m, siznges -- to think
- asa -- to buy
- babbar, puqún -- to hit
- baseʀ-, no:ba:sə́ɣ, nuba:sáɣ -- to fly
- battúʔ, pani, pma:níʔ -- to shoot
- bi:nús, manbinús, qizi, qizu- -- to live, be alive
- biláŋ, bilang, pasabi:ɬáŋ -- to count
- bunur, masen, matuq-, smaʀ- -- to swell
- darav, ipir, mi:píẓ, pi:léŋ -- to hear
- ɣa:mál, ʀamaz, samál -- to cook
- han, k'man, kanpai, qan-, qmá:n -- to eat
- inep-, mainə́p, meinŭp, niʀuʀu-, taquz- -- to sleep
- insung, taʀqan -- to pound, beat
- itis-, maytís, moqtə́t -- to fear
- ka:lkál, kal-, kmutkút, kutkut, qiuʀ, tatak -- to dig
- kaɣau, qa:ɣáw, qaʀaw, təbəs -- to scratch
- kariseng-, kəlisən, kmu:li:sə́ŋ, krizeng -- to turn
- kəlawka:wáy, kuri, sahalun, saharun, saqay, saqulíʔ -- to work
- kemkem, ngangngar-, samsam -- to chew
- kokoẓán, mta:wáʔ, tawa -- to laugh
- mənaŋúi, nanguy -- to swim
- məŋaɣ, siaq-, subbít -- to split
- məqosi:ŋə́t, mnu:túl, nutuz -- to tie up, fasten
- mieɣeiʔ, teɣéʔ, teqteq -- to stand
- mil-, mill- -- to choose
- mlo:lók, saláup, saraw -- to hunt
- mna:núm, nanum, siɣóp, sirep -- to drink
- mqita, tayta, tita, tmaytáʔ -- to see
- msi-, tbeq, tmuqéq, toqaiqaqái -- to stab, pierce
- mu:ɣíŋ, muring, uʀing -- to cry
- mu:tíʔ, uti -- to vomit
- mwa:lín, naqai, suray- -- to throw
- nbi -- to hide
- ngaʀ, ngaʀʀ -- to open, uncover
- pa:tái, patay -- to die, be dead
- pizpiz-, səmiúp, siaʀaʀ-, siup-, təmaváʔ -- to blow
- pleq-, pumẓáq, qumənə́ɣ -- to squeeze
- purus-, tuqaz, zaqis -- to climb
- qa:t, qat, tiapə́s, tiʀpes -- to spit
- qanib-, qəma:nív -- to cut, hack
- qaʀat-, qʀem-, qʀtut-, qma:ɣát -- to bite
- ʀamaz, mo:ɣás, mtu:tú:n, puɣa:már -- to burn
- ʀaputuy -- to dream
- raziw-, saqay, səma:kái, sma:qáy -- to walk
- ʀiʀil-, llel-, maɬə́ɬ, qalə́r -- to sit
- risbuq, təmibúk, tibuq, tmi:bóq -- to fall
- rkez-, ruma-, sʀuz- -- to grow
- ruma-, sapang- -- to plant
- ʀuʀaz-, səẓitáŋ, sibu:bu:lín, zittang- -- to lie down
- ʀuzik- -- to steal
- səməŋáh, sməŋŋáẓ, sngaz -- to breathe
- səmúr, sma:qáy, suʀiʀ- -- to flow
- səpsə́p, sisep-, smi:sə́p, smupsúp, supsup-, tuptup- -- to suck
- si:kawmáʔ, sikaoma, sikawma, sikawman, siqaumáʔ -- to say
- singut-, smanuk, smi:ŋút, smingut, vaŋsís -- to sniff, smell
- su:pəɣán, su:ppóɣ, suppeʀ -- to know, be knowledgeable
- suab- -- to yawn
- tais, təma'ís, təmaksám -- to sew
- ʔalai, ma:láʔ, quppeʀ -- to hold
- ʔtung-, məttúŋ, mutung -- to kill