Sui

Introduction

Sui is a language of China. It is spoken in Guizhou Province, centered in Sandu; Duyun, Dushan, Libo, Rongjiang, Danzhai, Leishan, and Congjiang counties; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nandan, and Rongshui counties; Yunnan Province, Fuyuan county. Also in Viet Nam.

Dialects

Pandong, Sandong (Central Sui, Southern Sui), Yang’an. Some communication difficulty between dialects. Sandong (Central) is the standard and most intelligible in the area (Castro 2011).

The Sui Verb

Verblist

• ɕu3 -- to live, be alive
• ɕuŋ1 -- to cook
• ɕut7 -- to suck
• fan2 -- to say
• fe4 ljak7 -- to steal
• fon5 -- to count
• fui3, saam3 -- to walk
• fui6 -- to sit
• ɣəm4, ɣum4 -- to drink
• ɣo4 -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ɣok8, ɕaat7 -- to stab, pierce
• ho4 naan4 -- to hunt
• ho4 -- to plant
• hum3, tum5 -- to grow
• kaaŋ5 -- to open, uncover
• khaaŋ5 -- to blow
• kho1 -- to yawn
• ku1 -- to laugh
• kun5 -- to vomit
• kwaai4 -- to scratch
• la5 -- to split
• laai6 -- to choose
• lui2 -- to swim
• m̥aak7 -- to chew
• n̥ak7 -- to lie down
• n̥ak7 -- to sleep
• ⁿdjai3 -- to buy
• ⁿdo1 -- to tie up, fasten
• ⁿdo3, qau5 -- to see
• nən4 -- to sniff, smell
• n̥i3 -- to think
• ŋ̥ai5 -- to hear
• pan3, taak7 -- to squeeze
• pan5 ⁿdən1 -- to turn
• pan5 -- to throw
• peŋ5 -- to shoot
• pjam3 -- to cut, hack
• qok7, tsət8 -- to dig
• sa5 -- to climb
• sə3 vjan1 -- to dream
• sut7, tau6 -- to burn
• ta5, ta6, tui2 -- to hit
• tai1 -- to die, be dead
• taŋ1 -- to come
• tau6 -- to stand
• ȶi2 -- to spit
• tip7 -- to sew
• tok7 -- to fall
• tui2 ʔau4 -- to pound, beat
• vjən3 -- to fly
• ʔɣok8 -- to kill
• ʔɣum5 -- to swell
• ʔjam1 -- to hide
• ʔman3, tsjə1 -- to eat
• ʔȵe3 -- to cry