Lachi, White

Introduction

Lachi, White is a language of Vietnam. It is spoken in North, south of Maguan in China, Hà Giang Province, Manbang and Manmei.

Dialects

Lexical similarity: 30%–40% with other Lachi.

The Lachi, White Verb

Verblist

• a44 ɕa31, ca21 -- to hide
• a44 ɕu55, qɑ0 ɕu43 -- to laugh
• a44 ȵuŋ35, nji0 ʔɔ45, nju23 -- to climb
• a44 pho31 -- to squeeze
• a44 phuŋ55, ha55, jɑ43 -- to open, uncover
• a44 qua55, qɔ23 -- to chew
• a44 suŋ55, ʔɔ45, phjɔ45, pjua31 -- to burn
• a44 tja55, tja23 -- to bite
• a44 tjaŋ35, ɕɔN22 ʔi45 -- to stand
• a44 tjou55, ka0 ki21 -- to sit
• a44 tjua31, qhɔN23 -- to tie up, fasten
• a44 tjua35, thjɔ23 -- to cook
• a44 tua31, te45 -- to cut, hack
• ã44, ʔaN22 -- to count
• ɕɔN43, ŋi44 -- to hunt
• ciN43, tɕin55 -- to buy
• ɕiN45, ku31 -- to choose
• co22, ma31, mɑ21 -- to suck
• ɕu43, ɕu55 lei44 -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ɕu45, qhɑ22 -- to stab, pierce
• fu35, phu23 (ʔi22) -- to swim
• hje55, thɛ45, tji0 phjɔ23 -- to say
• kɔ43, kua31, lɔ45 -- to dig
• kja31, m0 pho23 -- to swell
• ko13, ko43 -- to drink
• ko13, ko43 -- to eat
• ko44, qu23 -- to come
• le21 -- to split
• li55, phɛ45 kɔ45 -- to fall
• lin44, num22 -- to steal
• lje13, ta0 qɑ45 -- to see
• lje55, nji0 ɕu22 -- to flow
• m0 lju23, m35 -- to fear
• m0 nɑ23 (nɛ23), nei35 -- to think
• m0 paN43, m44 paŋ55 -- to dream
• me45, pje31, pji43 -- to sew
• mi13, mji22 -- to sniff, smell
• mi35, mji23, pi44, pji22 -- to kill
• mja23 ɕaN23, thin55 ɕaŋ55 -- to breathe
• mji23 wu22 ʔi45, tin44 -- to grow
• nji0 bo45 -- to yawn
• nji0 qɑ0 tji23, thu55, to21 -- to vomit
• nji22, tja35 -- to hit
• ȵaŋ35, m0 fɔ45 -- to hold
• ȵe55 li13, nu0 le45 -- to live, be alive
• ȵi13, ŋwi22, ŋwi22 na23 -- to sleep
• ȵi35, nji22 -- to shoot
• ȵiŋ55 phaŋ55, phɑN23 -- to fly
• pa21, pe23, phje44 -- to blow
• peN21, phin55 -- to die, be dead
• qhɔ21 -- to lie down
• taN22, tjaŋ44 -- to plant
• the23, thjo55 -- to spit
• ti44 ȵo35, tji0 ɲɔ22 -- to cry
• tin44, tjiN22 -- to pound, beat
• tje35, wi22 -- to work
• tji0 kheN43, tji0 khiN43 -- to turn
• wu22, vu35 -- to walk
• ʑa31 vei55, ɲe45, wɛ22 -- to throw
• ʑua31, jo45 co45 -- to hear
• ʔm45 ko22, n44 sua31 -- to scratch