Aiton
Fact corner
- Language: Aiton
- Alternate names:: Aitonia
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:aio
- Language family: Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Tai, Southwestern
- Number of speakers: 1,500
- Script:
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Introduction
Aiton is a language of India. It is spoken in Assam, Jorhat and Karbi Anglong districts, Doboroni, Banlung, Ahomoni, Balipathar, Kaliyani, Chakihula, Tengani, and Barhula villages. .
Dialects
Similar to Phake (See: Phake). Related to Shan [phkshn] of Myanmar.
The Aiton Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | ka:p3, kat1 |
to blow | pau1 |
to breathe | ha:2 |
to burn | mai3 |
to buy | sɯ3 |
to chew | ʒam3 |
to choose | ca:u2, lɯk3 |
to climb | khɯn3 |
to come | ma:2 |
to cook | huŋ1, tum3 |
to count | a:n1 |
to cry | hai3 |
to cut, hack | tɛp1 |
to die, be dead | khɔi3, ta:i2 |
to dig | khut1, kun1, phak3 |
to eat | dʒin2, kin2 |
to fall | tuk1 |
to fear | ku:2, lap1, ŋɛu1 |
to flow | lai1 |
to fly | bin2, min2, pɛu2 |
to grow | puk1 |
to hear | ñin2, ŋin2 |
to hide | la:p3 |
to hit | thuk1, tuk4 |
to hold | kɔp3, tɯ2, um3 |
to hunt | muk3 sɯ2, tau1 |
to kill | kha:3 |
to know, be knowledgeable | ca:ŋ2 |
to laugh | khu:1 |
to lie down | tɯn2 lɯn2 |
to live, be alive | u:1 |
to open, uncover | a:3, put1 |
to plant | ñip1, puk1 |
to pound, beat | tam2 |
to say | wa:2 |
to scratch | tɯn1, wak3 |
to see | du:2, han1, nu:2 |
to sew | ʒap3 |
to shoot | ʒɯ2 |
to sit | naŋ2 |
to sleep | nɔn2 |
to sniff, smell | dum2, num2 |
to spit | tau3 |
to split | pha:1 |
to squeeze | mɛp1 |
to stab, pierce | sap1, tɛŋ2 |
to stand | can2/3, cuk1, luk3 |
to steal | lak3 |
to swell | kaɯ2 |
to swim | lɔi2 |
to think | ŋap5 |
to throw | thim3, wɛŋ1, wit3 |
to tie up, fasten | hat3, phuk1 |
to turn | kha:i1, wa:i1, win1 |
to walk | pai2, pha:i3 |
to vomit | ha:k3 |
to yawn | ha:u1 ha:i2 |