Kri, a Vietic language of Laos N. J. Enfield, SEALS XXII, 2012

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1 SEALS XXlJ 1 «,') N ick.enfieldr{t)mpi.nl Kri, a Vietic language of Laos N. J. Enfield,, 2012 Enfield, N. J., & Diffioth, G. (2009). Phonology and sketch grammar of Kri, a Vietic language of Laos. Cahiers de Linguistique - Asie Orientale (CLAO), 38(1), Enfield, N. J. (2009). Everyday ritual in the residential world. In G. Senft, & E. B. Basso (Eds.), Ritual communication (pp. 5 I-80). Oxford: Berg. (1) (a) t:lg:j 'tail' eg:/ 'bowl' t:lg:j 'follow' (b) ~Q: 'turtle' ~Q:? 'pig basket' ~Q,: 'dry' (c) cam~:l 'shiny'?um~:l? 'to hunt' oal 'to bounce' -0 (d) kau~r 'stir' kau:l~r? 'embrace' ~r 'to run out of workspace' (e) care:w'green' sare:w? 'to raise/feed' 6Ie:'Y 'four-eyed turtle' (f) J ':l ~:m 'sugar cane' j:l~:m? 'to cry' (g) k~:n 'oversize' k~:n? 'to hunt by night' (h) 6y;p'dust' py;p? 'tree sp. (/icuala sp.)' (i) cqij 'tree sp.' CQIJ?'salty' (2) Front vowels p'j:k' pel:f 'ZEk' savee:k' pg~lj cave:k' cav~:k' 'a tadpole' 'to plant' '(to) work' 'to comb back' 'to be dear' 'peel sth. apart' 'fish sp.'

2 SEALS XXlI 2 ({,J Nick.Enfield@mpLnl (3) Back vowels fllj: 'bamboo sp.' kal\}: kl;): 'fruit sp.' 'star' culo: 'palm sp. (iicuala sp.)' (4) Central vowels dcl.:. h:lt: mb:. mur~: tul:l~: kal{l: 'now' 'broken' 'afraid' 'disgusted' 'weird' 'bamboo sp.' (5) Some minimal pairs contrasting in register.?,., q:n rune kar:l~:1j'sand' maf~:m kmg:.? 'thumb' ~g:? 'clear' ~:? 'fence' 'son-in-law' cct:n? 'cooked' kar{l:1j'sunshine' kat{l:m 'crab' kmee:? 'female (chicken)' ~O:? 'pig basket' ~0l}:? 'to know'

3 3 l{) (1) b A = Phummaa, visitor to house, village elder, main sorcerer of this village B = McMngq, village elder, classificatory 'nephew' of A C = Liim, B's eldest daughter, classificatory 'grandchild' of A D = ThiIj, B's wife, classificatory 'niece' of A A tuq~~ taa kuraaq qaa leeh leeh poong taa baa 6 what LOC path N OEM.UP OEM.UP flower OEM PCL 'What is it at the path up there, flowers?' baa sulaaq hanq pii naaq qabo'o'tzrhing pii naaq= 7 PCL leaf 3SG like OEM.EXT PCL happen like OEM.EXT 'With those leaves like that, happening like that. ' C =pii naaq naaq niro= 8 like thus OEM.EXT PCL 'Just like that.' D =pii naaq nirir sulaaq hanq laa meen poong 9 like thus PCL leaf 3SG NEG be flower 'Just like that, leaves, they're not flowers. ' 10 (1.0) (2) B qiro= 11 PCL 'Yeah' A =hanq piit pii mao' 12 3SG plant like which 'That is planted how?' 13 (0.5) C piit pii naaq no'o' 14 plant like OEM.REM PCL 'Plant like that'

4 4 ~) (3) 15 (1.0) B teeq mrkaa leeh nii 16 1SG M. DEM.UP DEM.PRX 'I, Mrkaa up there. ' 17 (1.8) B teeq kudee teeq rooh poonq takuk hung 18 1SG yesterday 1SG uproot four CLF papaya 'Yesterday I uprooted/our papaya.' 19 (0.7) B mooe- mooe pdaah iioongq 20 one one CLF banana 'One- one banana. ' 21 (0.5) A eak piit kudee naaq= 22 2SG plant yesterday DEM.REM 'You planted yesterday?' B =qirir 23 PCL 'Yeah. ' 24 (0.9) teeq do'k- A 25 lsg PCL '1-.' 26 (1.1) A teeq laa tirr pht tuq~~ 27 1SG NEG get plant what '1haven't planted anything. ' 28 (1.1) A hak teeq kooq edang mlaa 29 PCL 1SG be.loc only PCL 'I've just been doing nothing. ' 30 (0.4) A iioongq no'o' teeq teeq laa pht 31 banana ECH.banana 1SG 1SG NEG plant 'Bananas and what-not, II haven't planted. '

5 5 (4) Kri (060808d:5.53-) Kri women at Mrkaa T66I, Khammouane, Laos, Aug 2006, talking about 'Video CD' players. 32 D leeq coo leeq ci leeq hoo Joonq take PRT take PRED take TPC.LNK decent (If one is going to) get (a VCD player), then get (one but at least) get a decent (one). (1.0) 33 E qaa- HES Um (0.5) 34 lirangq naaq hanq laa story DEM.EXT 3SG NEG Those stories are not- (0.5) 35 hanq laa 3SG NEG They are not- 36 [hanq laa 3SG NEG They are not- 37 A [hanq laa lap 3SG NEG reliable They are not reliable 38 E hanq laa lap 3SG NEG reliable They are not reliable (0.3) 39 hanq laa haj 3SG NEG good-looking They are not good-looking (1.5) 40 plooq lam pho'o'ntuq~~ naaq seeh only LP INDEF DEM.EXT DEM.ACROSS There is only 'Lam Phoen' and whatever 41 lam sing lam tuq~~ naaq seeh LS L INDEF DEM.EXT DEM.ACROSS There is only 'Lam Sing' and whatever (0.6) 42 lirangq paj paastory COP 3PL (Those) stories, they-

6 6 43 ma mee qaa PRT do/make HES They do um- 44 D mak plooq ksek laaw like only CD Lao (1) only like Lao videos. 45 E qo'o' INTJ Yeah 46 D ksek thaj hanq deeh mak CD Thai 3SG NEG like Thai videos (1) don't like. 47 E deeh NEG No. (0.7) 48 D ksek lirangq ksek thaj pii paa jaa ( ) hanq laa mak CD story CD Thai like 3PL FeZ 3SG NEG like Thai videos with stories like (those of) aunty's lot. (1) don't like them. 49 E deeh NEG No.

7 SEALS XXll 7 It) Nick.Enfidd@mpi.n! (5) (1.0) 50 teeq kooq prak hanq teeq deeh leeq qaa sdii (.) khaaw dam naaq ISG have money 3SG ISG NEG take RES CO white black OEM.EXT (If) I had money I (would) not take um a black and white CD set. (2.7) 51 A khaaw dam ci qaleengq mooc liiimgq haar liiiingq= white black PREO look one story two story (With) a black and white (CD set, one can) see one or two stories (only). 52 E =hak longq haj pajbut CLF nice COP But the ones that are nice are- 53 longq [tak) paj haj CLF correct COP nice The ones that are correct are nice. 54 B [naaj) MeZ Aunty (6) 55 B piin sulaaq laa give leaf PRT Please pass some leaf (1.0) 56 B naaj= MeZ Aunty 57 A =pii qaa like RES Like um- (0.5) 58 B piin sulaaq give leaf Pass some leaf 59 E sulaaq quu kuloong leeh, sulaaq, quu khraa seeh leaf LOC inside OEM. UP leaf LOC store OEM.ACROSS The lea/is inside up there, the leaf, in the store. (0.7) 60 mooc cariit hanq one backpack 3SG (There's) a (whole) backpack. 61 (5s; B walks inside)

8 8 (7) 62 A qaajh aa INTJ Hehe 63 E moon- tuq~~ want INDEF (1) want to- what (23) 64 qoorkluuh caawq qan pareeng ckhanq, teeq still pound rice eat evening really. I SO (1) really (must) pound rice for the evening mean, 1(must). (1.8) 65 teeq mo'dmee laac qaa nii nii kuu hanq boom ISO want make strips CT DEM.PROX DEM.PROX SUB 3S0 finished 1 want to make these strips until they're finished.

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