[An-lang] HA: object specific eat and drink verbs in Austronesian languages outside of Oceanic

[Laura Arnold]

*Ambel*:

-anán ‘eat (in general, intransitive)’

-íy ‘eat (in general, inc. betel nut; transitive)’

-wón ‘eat raw (e.g., shellfish)’


*Ma’ya* (van der Leeden’s dictionary):

-a ‘eat (in general)’

-‘gulu3 ‘eat sugar’ (< noun ‘gulu3 ‘sugar’, e.g. na-‘gulu3 ‘3sg-eat.sugar’)


*Matbat* (Remijsen 2014):

-a21 ‘eat (in general)’

yɔ1m ‘eat (in general)’ [I’m not sure what the difference is between -a21
and yɔ1m]

-ama12m ‘chew betel nut’



If the eat/chew betel nut distinction is of interest, that’s present in
Batta as well… let me know, and I’ll dig it out of my fieldnotes.

On Sun, 9 Feb 2020 at 15:36, Maria V. Stanyukovich <mstan at kunstkamera.ru>
wrote:

> Tuwali Ifugao
> Ma-ataon ‘to eat smth raw’
> Mangan - eat (in general)
> Munggamal -‘eat rice’
> Ihda/hida, munhida ‘eat smth as a side dish with rice’
> Munhibul ‘drink soup, broth’
> Uminum ‘drink’ (in general)
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> Тема: [An-lang] object specific eat and drink verbs in Austronesian
> languages outside of Oceanic
>
> Dear Austronesianists,
>
> I am interested in identifying Austronesian languages with drink and eat
> verbs that are lexical specified for the item that is consumed. This is
> well-known in Oceanic languages, but I am looking for languages in other
> branches of the AN family.
>
> Examples illustrating the kinds of distinctions are as follows:
>
> Amis specified drink and eat verbs:
> minanum ‘drink water’
> miqenip ‘sip, drink (alcohol)’
> mikaen ~ kaen ‘eat (in general), eat soup, drink milk’
> ŋosŋos ‘eat raw food’
>
> Dumagat specified eat verbs:
> kan ‘eat (in general)’
> ébu ‘eat meat’
> malmal ‘eat rice’
>
> The only distinction that seems to go back any way is *qataq ‘eat
> something raw’ (ACD: http://www.trussel2.com/ACD/acd-s_q.htm)
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer.
>
> Best,
>
> Antoinette Schapper
>
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