Roots
Most Truku words are formed by adding affixes to a root. Choose a letter to browse the roots; each root’s page lists all of its derived words.
Roots beginning with “p” (272)
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padawgood-for-nothing 沒有出息
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paka hawk snatching chicks; snap of a steel trap 老鷹抓小雞的動作;鐵鋏夾住聲
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palapatchwork skirt; pale 布片裙;蒼白
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pasiimmediately 即刻
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patsound of cutting grass; sound of footsteps 砍草聲;走路聲
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pauxto stand on one's head 倒立
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payigrandmother; mother-in-law; shriveled grain; stunt… 祖母、岳母、外祖母;枯萎的顆粒;長不大的水果;平凡的人;不會孵化的蛋Words: 50
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pbrihto vomit 嘔吐
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pdowsanspinning frame 紡紗架
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pdungandazed; blank 呆滯
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pduqingstiff neck 脖子不動
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peyqsound of a fart 放屁聲
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pghukwood sorrel 酢漿草
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pgliqto laugh wildly; to wail 狂笑;嚎啕大哭
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phakayperegrine falcon 遊隼
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phungsomething in the eye 眼內有東西
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piisuxpaper wasp 變側異腹胡蜂
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pijiplain prinia (bird); personal name (unisex) 褐頭鷦鶯;人名,中性
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piniis that so? 是這樣嗎
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pipivulva; stubborn; curse words 陰部,指女性的;固執;三字經
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pirito weave supplementary-weft patterns 織浮織
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pisawrusset sparrow; man's name 山麻雀;人名,男性
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pixcall of the white flying squirrel and goat 白飛鼠、山羊的叫聲
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piyahow many; how many (people) 多少;多少位(指人數)
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piyakchick; long-legged brown frog 雛雞;長腳赤蛙
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pkburawgreater coucal (bird) 褐翅鴨鵑
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pkdmamillipede 馬陸
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pkrruwayspecial 特殊
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plaqto flash; to blink; to water (plants); short-lived… 閃光;眨眼;澆水;短暫;射擊的槍聲;火花;說話(負面的語言);獻祭品Words: 40
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pmiyakwork outside the house 家外的工作
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pmkayto do housework 做家內的事
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pnghakcontinuously 不斷的
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pngpungmountain peak 山峰
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pnudultree ants' nest 樹蟻窩
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pnuxathree sheng (measure of grain) 三升
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powkexpression for touching a woman's breasts; express… 摸女人乳房的用語;抽菸的用語
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pqdato stand still; startled by a sudden poke behind t… 站著不動;膝窩突然被刺驚嚇的動作
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prahspark; expression for spraying out 火花;噴開的用語
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prajingto begin 開始
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prakyoung bean pod 嫩豆莢
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praqsound of snapping 折斷聲
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Pratanvillage name; cliff; mountain peak 部落名;峭壁、山尖頂
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pratubowl; snow-white 碗;雪白
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prawfirst to ripen 初熟的
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prhupingcinnamon tree; cinnamon or mint smell 肉桂樹;肉桂味、薄荷味
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prihutChinese sumac 鹽膚木
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pruxto rub; to knead 搓揉
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psaqitstag beetle 鍬形蟲
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psaquxepiglottis 會厭
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psayato boil water 煮水
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psbuto be hit by something 被東西打到
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pseeruto photocopy 複印
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psidarblack drongo 烏秋