Saisiyat

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

• 'iSpi'
• 'oemaeh
• 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