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

[David Gil]

Jakarta Indonesian has gado, typically prenasalized as nggado, meaning 
'eat (something) without rice'.


On 09/02/2020 16:04, Antoinette Schapper wrote:
>
> 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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