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Usher & Suter (2020a): Proto-Asmat-Kamrau Bay

Original citation: Usher, Timothy and Edgar Suter. 2020. The Asmat-Muli Languages of Southwestern New Guinea. Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 38. 148-175.

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Headword IPA Glosses
*aeC*aec

‘thigh’

*aji*aji

‘new’

*amo*amo

‘louse’

*amoine*amoine

‘bow’

*amuini(C)*amuini(c)

‘smoke’

*anu*anu

‘centipede’

*apimi*apimi

‘sago pulp’

*(a)sa*(a)sa

‘egg’

*asa*asa

‘excrement’

*asa bu*asa bu

‘flatulate’

*asi*asi

‘day’

*awo*awo

‘breast’

*bebe*bebe

‘hard’

*bere*bere

‘vagina’

*bo*bo

‘paddle’

*bora*bora

‘see, look’

*bu*bu

‘cassowary’

*bura*bura

‘moon’

*(e,a)nawa*(e,a)nawa

‘come’

*(e,a)poɟa*(e,a)poɟa

‘elder brother’

*(e,a)waoɟa*(e,a)waoɟa

‘younger brother’

*eake*eake

‘fruit, seed’

*eme*eme

‘drum’

*eme*eme

‘stand’

*(e)namo*(e)namo

‘fish’

*esaeC*esaec

‘netbag’

*ese*ese

‘blood’

*esi*esi

‘sleep’

*eɸe*eɸe

‘leaf’

*gar(aw)u*ɡar(aw)u

‘old’

*g(e,a)ma*ɡ(e,a)ma

‘give’

*gepane*ɡepane

‘cheek, jaw’

*gewa*ɡewa

‘take’

*gewu*ɡewu

‘son, child’

*geɸe*ɡeɸe

‘rain’

*geɸi*ɡeɸi

‘leech’

*gi*ɡi

‘cut up’

*igi*iɡi

‘thorn’

*isi*isi

‘mosquito’

*iwin(i,e)*iwin(i,e)

‘lips’

*jage*jaɡe

‘call’

*jaka*jaka

‘charcoal’

*jamopuC*jamopuc

‘armpit’

*jawimi*jawimi

‘ribs’

*jawu*jawu

‘sun’

*jaɸa*jaɸa

‘hole’

*jaɸaro*jaɸaro

‘wing’

*jeta*jeta

‘stone’

*j(i,u)ri*j(i,u)ri

‘shoot’

*jiniɸa*jiniɸa

‘knee’

*jita*jita

‘tie’

*jiwi*jiwi

‘hear’

*jiwu*jiwu

‘small’

*jud(a,o)roC*jud(a,o)roc

‘heavy’

*juwuri*juwuri

‘dog’

*juɸo(ko)*juɸo(ko)

‘cold’

*kaboma*kaboma

‘two’

*kawei*kawei

‘person’

*komane*komane

‘tongue’

*mana(mV)*mana(mv)

‘eye’

*mana-pun (i,u)*mana-pun (i,u)

‘forehead’

*mane*mane

‘tip’

*masa(p,ɸ)u*masa(p,ɸ)u

‘saliva’

*mawu*mawu

‘foot’

*maɟe*maɟe

‘weep, cry’

*miC*mic

‘nose’

*miniC*minic

‘mucus’

*mo*mo

‘cut down’

*moi*moi

‘water’

*moneɸV*moneɸv

‘sugarcane’

*musa*musa

‘testicle’

*nabu*nabu

‘white’

*nasuC*nasuc

‘wound’

*n(e,a)*n(e,a)

‘eat, drink’

*ope*ope

‘above’

*osV*osv

‘cough’

*oɸo*oɸo

‘pig’

*oɸo*oɸo

‘rotten, soft’

*sasoC*sasoc

‘dry’

*siC*sic

‘tooth’

*sini*sini

‘sand’

*sonane*sonane

‘forearm’

*ufu*ufu

‘head, hair’

*umid(i,u)*umid(i,u)

‘ashes’

*usa*usa

‘fire, firewood’

*usini*usini

‘coconut’

*w(a,o)namo*w(a,o)namo

‘sky’

*wasa*wasa

‘clearing for a garden’

*wasae*wasae

‘red ochre’

*ɟ(a,o)i*ɟ(a,o)i

‘lie (down)’

*ɟamane*ɟamane

‘penis’

*ɟawa*ɟawa

‘nest’

*ɟawoɟa*ɟawoɟa

‘woman’

*ɟaɸo*ɟaɸo

‘hit’

*ɸae*ɸae

‘buttocks’

*ɸima*ɸima

‘vein, tendon’

*ɸini*ɸini

‘hair’

*ɸoma*ɸoma

‘neck’