Mulam

Introduction

Mulam is a language of China. It is spoken in North central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hechi prefecture, Luocheng Mulao autonomous county (90% in Dongmen and Siba communes), also Yizhou county.

Dialects

Similar to Southern Dong (See: Dong, Southern). Lexical similarity: 65% with Dong (probably Southern Dong (See: Dong, Southern)).

The Mulam Verb

Verblist

• ai5, ʔai5 -- to laugh
• ca:ŋ3, søt7 -- to say
• ca:u1 ləm2 -- to yawn
• cət8, ȵ̥ai3, ŋam5 -- to bite
• fai5 lo4, tsja:ŋ3 lo4 -- to grow
• fən3 -- to fly
• fɛ4 -- to work
• ɣɔ4, ɣɔ4 çeu3 -- to know, be knowledgeable
• hɣai3 -- to buy
• hɣən5, kɯp7, tap7 -- to sew
• hɣop7 -- to drink
• hui2 -- to live, be alive
• jau2, ŋu:i5 nam4 -- to swim
• kau5, kau5 nən6 -- to see
• kha:u1, kui5 -- to hit
• khai1 -- to open, uncover
• khɣa:n5 -- to fear
• lak8 -- to steal
• ləm6 -- to swell
• l̥i3, li3 -- to kill
• lik8 na:n4 -- to hunt
• mɔŋ6, sət8 mɔ:ŋ6 -- to dream
• mɣa2 -- to plant
• mɣø6, tja:ŋ3 -- to think
• nip7 -- to scratch
• nun2 -- to sleep
• ȵ̥ai3, n̥a:i5 -- to chew
• ȵɛ1, ȵɛ3 -- to cry
• ȵiu5, nən4 -- to sniff, smell
• pa:i1, tsha:m3 -- to walk
• pət8 -- to throw
• pɛ:ŋ5, tja5 -- to shoot
• pɣa:u3 -- to burn
• pɣa2 -- to climb
• pɣai1, tai1 -- to die, be dead
• pɣø1 -- to fall
• phu1, phy1 -- to spit
• phwa5 -- to split
• pjan5 -- to turn
• sɔ3 -- to count
• taŋ1, thəu5 -- to come
• taŋ4 -- to stand
• tɛ5 -- to cut, hack
• theŋ5, theŋ5 hai5 -- to hear
• thoi1 -- to flow
• tsa:n1 -- to eat
• tsam2 -- to hide
• tsau4 -- to hold
• tshɔk7 -- to breathe
• tshui1 -- to blow
• tu:t7 -- to suck
• tui5 -- to pound, beat
• tui6 -- to sit
• tuk8 -- to tie up, fasten
• tuŋ1 -- to cook
• tøn3, thjeu1 tøn3 -- to choose
• øk7, hɣøk7 -- to vomit
• ʔwa:t7, ʔwot7 -- to dig