Maonan

Introduction

Maonan is a language of China. It is spoken in North central Guangxi, Huanjiang Maonan autonomous county, Xianan area: Yishan, Nandan, Yizhou; a few in Hechi and Du’an counties.

The Maonan Verb

Verblist

• gangs
• suen

• bok8, la:u4 -- to grow
• ca:ŋ3, la4 -- to say
• cheu5 -- to spit
• chu1 -- to fear
• cit8 -- to bite
• cu1 -- to laugh
• ɕwen2, la:i6 -- to choose
• dai4 du6, kau5, kau5 du6 -- to see
• fa:ŋ1 -- to sew
• ha3 -- to kill
• khai1 -- to open, uncover
• lɔ:n1, taŋ1 -- to come
• ljak7 -- to steal
• loi1 -- to flow
• ma:k7 -- to chew
• ma:k7 -- to split
• na4 -- to drink
• na4 -- to eat
• na5, pɛŋ5 -- to shoot
• nai6, sə:ŋ3 -- to think
• ⁿdjai3 -- to buy
• ⁿdok7 -- to vomit
• nən4 -- to sniff, smell
• nu:n2 -- to sleep
• ȵȡai5 -- to count
• ȵe3 -- to cry
• pa:i1, sa:m3 -- to walk
• pɔ:ŋ4 -- to throw
• sa5 -- to climb
• siŋ3, wo3 -- to know, be knowledgeable
• tai1 -- to die, be dead
• tɔk7 -- to fall
• tək7 a:m5, zau4 na:n4 -- to hunt
• tɛ5 -- to cut, hack
• tsau4 -- to hold
• tsɔŋ5 -- to plant
• tsən2 -- to stand
• tuŋ1 -- to cook
• vɛ4 -- to work
• vin3 -- to fly
• vjen1 -- to dream
• zəp8 -- to blow
• zu:i6 -- to sit
• zuk8 -- to tie up, fasten
• ʔnɔ:k7, map8 -- to hit
• ʔni3 -- to hear
• ʔok7, vɔk7 -- to swell
• ʔwa:t7, tsət8 -- to dig