Saisiyat
Facts
- Language: Saisiyat
- Alternate names: Amutoura, Bouiok, Saiset, Saisett, Saisiat, Saisiett, Saisirat, Saisyet, Saisyett, Seisirat
- Language code: xsy
- Language family: Austronesian, Northwest Formosan
- Number of speakers: 4750
- Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
- Script:
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Introduction
Saisiyat is a language of Taiwan. It is spoken in Western mountains, west of the Atayal (See: Atayal), Nanchuang Township, Miaoli County and Wufong Township, Hsinchu County.
Dialects
Taai (North Saiset), Tungho (South Saiset). Dialect differences are mainly phonological and lexical (1978 P. Li).
The Saisiyat Verb
Verblist
- 'a'abaS
- 'a'apol
- 'alep
- 'e꞉eS
- 'iSpi'
- 'oemaeh
- botoe'
- hamez
- hangal
- hangih
- haseng
- soloeh
- talek
- (sa)ʃəpəə, (sa)ʃəpəL, ŝoməpə' -- to count
- awæh, Lawæh -- to open, uncover
- baiw, βaLiw -- to buy
- bilis, βilis, mariʔ, taʃibinaʔ, taʃiβinaʔ -- to hold
- botœʔ, βotœʔ, makisäʔöʔ -- to tie up, fasten
- bäzäʔ, bazæʔ, βazæʔ -- to hear
- ehnak, Lomihnak -- to breathe
- eʔazʔazəm, maaʔazʔazəm, maLʔazʔazəm -- to think
- hömaŋih, hœmaŋih -- to cry
- hömażáb, hœmazab, hœmazaβ -- to stab, pierce
- hömiyop, hœmiop -- to blow
- imatiktikot -- to fear
- kakaaw, kaLkaLaw, koma'ka'aw, komoʃkoʃ -- to scratch
- kəpə', kompəə, kompəL -- to squeeze
- kitaʔ, komitaʔ -- to see
- koma'as, komaas, komaLas -- to bite
- komoih, komoLih, komowih -- to dig
- komoŝa, mæhræhraŋ, maʔiyaka'iʔ -- to say
- lalaŋoy, lomaŋoy -- to swim
- lomakay, ŝomawiʔ -- to split
- Lomayap -- to fly
- maariæʔ, maLriæʔ -- to swell
- maaʃwab, maLəʃwaβ -- to yawn
- mæʔrəm, mäʔrəm -- to sleep
- maiziza, manra'an, manraan, manraLan -- to walk
- mamoLaʔ, mamwaʔ -- to plant
- manakiʃ -- to climb
- marmaʔ -- to steal
- masay -- to die, be dead
- maʃhapoy, solöh -- to burn
- maʃʔiʔis -- to chew
- mata'waw, mataawaw, mataLoaw -- to work
- maywa'wa'ak, maywa'wa'kan -- to lie down
- miriiʔ, miriLiʔ, miririʔi' -- to stand
- momotæʔ, motäʔ -- to vomit
- moway, waiʔ, waLiʔ -- to come
- painʃayloʔ, paLinʃaLiloʔ -- to turn
- pawhiil, pawhiLil -- to choose
- pomanæʔ, ponänäʔ -- to shoot
- ra'am, raam, raLam -- to know, be knowledgeable
- romæʔœL, romæʔœœ, romäʔö' -- to drink
- ʃæhæʔ, ʃæhLæʔ, sähäʔ -- to fall
- ʃaəŋ, ʃaLəŋ, masa'əŋ -- to sit
- sawaʔ, somawaʔ -- to laugh
- sazəkən, somazək -- to sniff, smell
- ʃəmbət, ʃəmβət, ŝəmbət, tomotoʔ -- to hit
- ʃomæʔiʃ, ŝomäʔiŝ -- to sew
- somiʔæl, somiʔäl -- to eat
- somʔœr -- to grow
- tomalək -- to cook
- tombok, tomβok -- to kill
- toʔtoʔ -- to pound, beat
- ähök, toməpəʃ -- to spit
- ʔælʔælor, löʔälor -- to flow
- ʔinsiyaz, kominmæh -- to cut, hack
- ʔiʃpiʔ -- to dream
- ʔiʔiæh, ʔiʔiLæh, ʔiʔiyäh -- to live, be alive
- ʔmalup, ʔœmalop, tomalboyöʔ -- to hunt
- ʔomosʔəs, ʔomosʔos -- to suck
- ʔömosa', ʔœmosaa, ʔœmosaL -- to throw