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Usher & Suter (2015a): Proto-Anim

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Headword IPA Glosses
*a

‘the (neuter 1)’

*am(o)=e

‘younger sibling’

*am=u

‘younger sibling’

*anem

‘man’

*anim

‘people’

*anum

‘woman’

*awend(V)

‘laugh’

*aɸ(a,o)

‘house’

*e

‘the (masculine)’

*(e-)jame

‘(her) husband’

*(e-)jamu

‘(his) wife’

*(e-)we

‘(his/her)father’

*ewes

‘build a nest’

*(e-)wu

‘(his/her) mother’

*i

‘the (neuter 2)’

*i

‘the (plural)’

*itit(i)

‘root’

*itup(u)

‘lip’

*iwo

‘cry’

*ja-

‘2PL’

*ja-

‘3PL’

*kamV

‘tooth’

*kan(a,e)

‘egg, seed’

*kawea

‘paddle’

*maŋg(a,o)t(o)

‘mouth, teeth’

*mano

‘come’

*mboɸo

‘thigh’

*mbumb(V)

‘breast’

*mean(V)

‘speech, voice’

*measi

‘two’

*moko(m)

‘fruit, seed’

*muki(k)

‘heart’

*na-

‘1SG’

*naŋg(a,i)t(i)

‘mosquito’

*napet(o)

‘banana’

*nde

‘tree’

*ndekum(u)

‘navel’

*ndou

‘sago’

*ŋga-

‘2SG’

*ŋg(a,o)e

‘rain’

*ŋgap(o)

‘night’

*ŋg(e,a)i

‘eat, drink’

*ni-

‘1PL’

*nu

‘sleep’

*o

‘the (neuter 1)’

*piŋgi

‘forearm’

*ratinV

‘stand’

*sas(a)

‘tongue’

*sawa(i)

‘meat, fish’

*seŋga

‘hand’

*sumV

‘tail feathers’

*ta

‘the (neuter 1)’

*tae

‘fire, tree’

*taɸ(u)

‘wing’

*te

‘the (masculine)’

*temuk(u)

‘nape’

*tenV

‘lie down’

*ti

‘the (neuter 2)’

*ti

‘the (plural)’

*to

‘the (neuter 1)’

*tu

‘the (feminine)’

*u

‘the (feminine)’

*(u)a-

‘3SG’

*ɸia(u)

‘bone’