6. Word Families in Tai: A Preliminary Account
6. 台语里的词组：初探
Yongxian Luo 罗永现

Abstract 摘要

6. WORD FAMILIES IN TAI: A PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Some Word Families in Tai
6.2.1 The C-om/um Type
6.2.1.1 Sibilant + um—‘Wet, soak/immerse’
6.2.1.2 Sibilant + om/em—“sharp-pointed/Stab/wedge’
6.2.1.3 Liquid + om—‘TO fall, topple, collapse’
6.2.1.4 r/s/t + om—‘To gather together, to collect/gather around’
6.2.1.5 k + om—‘To cover/conceal/obstruct from view’
6.2.1.6 k + am—‘Hold with the hands/capture/feel, touch’
6.2.1.7 k + an—‘Stem/handle/crosswise’
6.2.2 The C-ŋ Group
6.2.2.1 k + aaŋ—‘Wide, board/extend/crosswise’
6.2.2.2 k +oŋ—‘To bend/crooked/bow’
6.2.2.3 k/h + a/oŋ— ‘To make noise/to echo’
6.2.3 ‘To Hit/Strike/Pound/Collide’
6.2.3.1 Dental stops + V
6.2.3.2 t + V +k/ŋ
6.2.3.3 t + m/p
6.2.4 The k/t + on/t Type
6.2.4.1 k + on/t—‘To cut, reap, slice, prevent’
6.2.4.2 t/r/l + on/t—‘Section/piece/chunk’ and ‘detached, come off’
6.2.5 The p/b-en Type—‘Board, Plank/Flat/Sheet/Plate
6.2.6 ‘Split/Divide/Separate’~‘Spread/Unfold/Multiply’
6.2.6.1 Labials + Vowels—‘Spread/enlarge/separate’
6.2.6.2 Labials + Vowels + k/ŋ
6.2.6.3 Labials + Vowels + n/t
6.2.7 The k-V Type
6.2.7.1 ‘To Call/shout/utter’
6.2.7.2 ‘Twist/entwine/wind around’

6.3 Summary of Results