Taroko

Introduction

Taroko is a language of Taiwan. It is spoken in Central, east, and coast; mountains north, Puli area; coast south of Hualien, south of the Atayal (See: Atayal).

Dialects

Tekedaya (Paran, Tkdaya), Teruku (Truku), Te’uda (Tuuda). Dialects differ mainly in phonology and lexicon, some in grammar.

The Taroko Verb

Verblist

• lmiqu
• taqi

• cə́mbuʔ, sməbuc, tmuciŋ, tmutiŋ -- to hit
• cmebu, cməbu, húliŋ, sməbu -- to shoot
• cmebu, qmádaʔ, sməbu, sməbuc -- to throw
• dmidil, dmijil, maŋal -- to hold
• eyux, mkkiyux, qəmoíʔ -- to squeeze
• gmaaw, gmao, gmgaaw, umaau -- to choose
• gmeeguy, gməəguy, umoui -- to steal
• hamangut, hmaŋuc, pəcádaʔ -- to cook
• hmeguc, hmuguc, hmuuc, qəməqúŋ -- to suck
• kəmáwah, kmaguh, kmawuh -- to scratch
• kmáriʔ, kmberih, kmbərih -- to dig
• ləmáŋui, lmaŋuy -- to swim
• ləməŋlúŋ, lmŋeluŋ, lmŋəluŋ -- to think
• leminish, ləmíŋis, lmiŋis -- to cry
• ləmútut, mekuy, məkuy -- to tie up, fasten
• lmauŋ, sqámaʔ, sqama -- to burn
• máduk, maduk, phuliŋ -- to hunt
• mahokal, məhóqil, mhuʡil, mhuqil -- to die, be dead
• mahulish, məhúliṣ, mhulis -- to laugh
• maidzach, meyah, mi'áh, miyah -- to come
• máitaq, metaʔ, metaq -- to stab, pierce
• makakaisa, məksáʔ, mkəsa, mkkesa -- to walk
• manakamakan, mekan, məkan -- to eat
• marangao, rəməŋáu, rməŋaw, rmeŋo -- to say
• mari, marig, maruy -- to buy
• matakai, mtáqi, mtaʡi, mtaqi -- to sleep
• mbahaŋ, mubahaŋ, qmbahaŋ, səmíliŋ -- to hear
• mbeeba, mbuŋu, psbuŋu -- to swell
• mdakil -- to grow
• meisug, miʔíceʔ, miicu, miicuw, miisug -- to fear
• məkəláʔ, mkela, mkəla -- to know, be knowledgeable
• mətáqi, tarakarak -- to lie down
• mətənu'iŋ, tmgiya, tmriya, tmwiya -- to turn
• mətúciŋ, mtuciŋ, mtutiŋ -- to fall
• mətútui, mheyuw, mhiyu, mhiyug -- to stand
• mhebil, mkhəbal, mkhəbil, pəscáx -- to split
• mhuma -- to plant
• mímah, mimah, nimah -- to drink
• mi'uk, miyuk -- to blow
• mkala, mkaro -- to climb
• msékan, msúrak, msekan, msəan, msəkan -- to chew
• msepi, msəpi -- to dream
• mshəŋak, pəshə́ŋaq, pshəŋak, psheŋak -- to breathe
• mshiraw, msseyaq, mssiyaq, mturuq, túyoq, tmuyuʡ, tmuyuq -- to spit
• msurak, msuwak -- to yawn
• mutaq, pbərih, pəbə́rih -- to vomit
• muʔúdus, muudus -- to live, be alive
• pəhóqil, phuqil, smipaʡ, smipaq -- to kill
• rmaguh, rmawah -- to open, uncover
• səmáʔis, smais -- to sew
• səmpú', smepuw, sməpu, sməpug -- to count
• skáyaʔ, skaya, skiya -- to fly
• smipaʡ, smipaq, təmátak, tmatak -- to cut, hack
• smkenux, smkənux, sqənúh -- to sniff, smell
• təlúŋ, tleuŋ, tluuŋ -- to sit
• tmekan, tmikan -- to pound, beat
• ʡluli, qəlúlui, qluli, qluluy -- to flow
• ʡməpah, kəmpáh, komopach, meepah, qməpah -- to work
• ʡmita, kmítaʔ, qmita -- to see
• ʡmiyuc, qəmí'ut, qmiyuc -- to bite