Lakkia
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Introduction
Lakkia is a language of China. It is spoken in Eastern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jinxiu Yao autonomous county. .
Dialects
Phonetically similar to Iu Mien (See: Iu Mien), word order to Bunu (See: Bunu, Bu-Nao). Not intelligible with Hmong Djua (See: Hmong Njua?) or Bunu. Minimal variation within Lakkia. Lexical similarity: 45% with Dong (See: Dong, Northern), 23% with Lachi (See: Lachi?) and Qabiao (See: Qabiao), 22% with Gelao.
The Lakkia Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | *kat D1, kat7 |
to blow | *phu: B1, phu3, tshu:i1 |
to breathe | foŋ5 |
to burn | kjom6, ti:u4 |
to buy | *wlei C2, wei4 |
to chew | ŋ ̥jai3, ŋ̥ja:i3 |
to choose | tsɛ:n3 |
to climb | *bla: A2, khju:t7, pla4 |
to come | taŋ2, ten6 |
to cook | *tɔ: C1, to3 |
to count | ai6, ʔai6, fuə:n5 |
to cry | *piə A1, piẽ1 |
to cut, hack | *klam B1, kjam5, tɛ:t8 |
to die, be dead | *plei A1, plei1 |
to dig | *ʔwe:t D1, kwa:k7, wɛ:t7 |
to dream | hwɛ:n1 hep7, pok8 hwɛ:n1 hep7 |
to drink | *hɔ:p D1, ho:p7, tsen1 |
to eat | *tsen A1, tsen1 |
to fall | ɬon5, pla5 |
to fear | *hɛ: A1, hɛ1 |
to flow | lei4 |
to fly | *pən B1, pon5 |
to grow | bok7, m̥a3, tsiŋ2 |
to hear | ʔɛ5, thɛŋ5 |
to hide | *tsheu A1, kjo1 |
to hit | kut7 |
to hold | ti2 |
to hunt | ʔo:m6 tu2 |
to kill | a4, ʔa4 |
to know, be knowledgeable | hi:u3, hji:u3 |
to laugh | *he:m C1, hɛ:m3, hɛ̃:m3 |
to live, be alive | *ɲeu A2, ŋjɛ:u6 |
to open, uncover | *ha:i A1, ha:i1 |
to plant | tsoŋ5 |
to pound, beat | ta:p8 |
to say | tsa:ŋ3 |
to scratch | *ʔjau A1, kjep7 |
to see | *ʔwei B1, ʔu:i5, lɛm4, lo:m1 |
to sew | kjap7, tam3 |
to shoot | *dziə B2, tsie6 |
to sit | *ʔniŋ B1, niŋ5 |
to sleep | *hep D1, hep7 |
to sniff, smell | ŋ ̥jut7, ŋ̥jũ:t7 |
to spit | *phui A1, phu:i1 |
to split | pha:k7, phik7 |
to squeeze | *ʔnam B1, *glan C2 |
to stand | *ʔju:n A1, ju:n1 |
to steal | *glak D2, kjak8 |
to suck | hĩ:p7 |
to swell | *wok D2, wok8 |
to swim | pok8 ŋõ:m5 |
to think | fie:ŋ3 |
to throw | hwit7 |
to tie up, fasten | *fat D1, fat7 |
to turn | pan5 |
to walk | *pai A1, a:m4, ʔa:m4, pai1 |
to vomit | *ʔjok D1, jok7 |
to yawn | ma3 tei3 |