Kim Mun

Introduction

Kim Mun is a language of China. It is spoken in Yunnan Province, 17 counties; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 13 counties; Hainan Province, 7 counties. Also in Laos, Viet Nam.

Dialects

Dao Ho, Dao Quan Trang. Not intelligible with Iu Mien (See: Iu Mien). Lexical similarity: 78% with Iu Mien (See: Iu Mien), 67% with Biao-Jiao Mien (See: Biao-Jiao Mien?), 59% with Dzao Min (See: Dzao Min).

The Kim Mun Verb

Verblist

• bap44 -- to hit
• bei44, ʔai44 bei44 -- to dream
• blei53 djaa53 ʔdaai33 -- to fall
• dai31, ʔat44 -- to fly
• dim53 mei354 -- to pound, beat
• djui31 djaan33 -- to spit
• fan354 ʔaa354 -- to hunt
• fan354 -- to shoot
• fei44 (ŋwei53 gjoom33) -- to sleep
• fei44 djaa53 -- to lie down
• gjou53 -- to flow
• hɔm31 -- to sniff, smell
• hɔp11 -- to drink
• kaa33 haao11 -- to yawn
• kjat44 -- to laugh
• kjeo33 vam13 -- to swim
• k'om31 -- to cut, hack
• k'ooi11 -- to open, uncover
• kum33 djaa13 -- to fear
• kwan33 -- to sew
• luup31 sii31 -- to breathe
• luup31 -- to suck
• maai31 -- to buy
• meem354 -- to hide
• meeŋ13, saŋ33 -- to live, be alive
• muŋ31 -- to hear
• nieŋ354 -- to squeeze
• nim53 -- to steal
• njaai53 -- to chew
• njai354 keeŋ13 -- to scratch
• njim354 -- to cry
• njin53 -- to eat
• pjɔm354, tjieo354 -- to blow
• saŋ33 lo11 -- to grow
• saŋ44 -- to think
• sɔŋ354 -- to plant
• taao44 -- to climb
• tam31 -- to see
• tao354 -- to count
• t'ɔan31 -- to tie up, fasten
• tjɔɔ13 -- to hold
• tjou354 -- to cook
• tou354 -- to stand
• viet13 k'ɔat31 -- to dig
• vin11 kwai44 ʔdaai33 -- to turn
• zjaŋ33 -- to walk
• ʔbei13 -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ʔbuu354, saa53 -- to burn
• ʔɔm44 -- to swell
• ʔdaai33 -- to come
• ʔdai53 -- to die, be dead
• ʔdap44 -- to bite
• ʔeet45 -- to sit
• ʔoo354 -- to vomit