Conference presentations: Hsiu, Andrew. 2013. “Shui” varieties of western Guizhou and Yunnan.
On April 12, 2013, my informant Wu Shangrong 吴尚荣 (65, female) of Buzhang village 布掌村, Gugan Township 古敢水族乡, Fuyuan County, Qujing, Yunnan, China gave me some words in the local "Shui" language, which turned out to be Buyi. Another male informant in his 60’s gave me ‘eat breakfast’, ‘eat lunch’, and ‘eat dinner’.
Below is the word list that I had compiled from both informants.
Gloss Shui (Buzhang)
eat kein³³
breakfast hau²¹
lunch jin²¹
dinner ŋai⁴²
煮多吃不了 zoŋ³³to³³kein³³mi²¹liau⁴²
煮少不会吃 zoŋ³³nai³³mi²¹taŋ²¹kein³³
one jau³³
two soŋ³³
three san³³
four sei²⁴
five ha⁴²
go pai³³
went (走了) mi³³pai³³
wine lau⁴²
meat no²¹
to cook zoŋ³³
much to³³
few nai³³
no, not mi²¹
past tense marker liau⁴²
future tense marker taŋ²¹