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Usher & Suter (2020b): Proto-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
*aboma*aboma

‘two’

*ag*aɡ

‘call’

*ai*ai

‘new’

*ak*ak

‘thigh’

*aka*aka

‘black’

*(a)mam*(a)mam

‘tongue’

*amom*amom

‘bow’

*amuni(C)*amuni(c)

‘smoke’

*(a)naw*(a)naw

‘come’

*(a)new*(a)new

‘come’

*anV*anv

‘centipede’

*apin*apin

‘sago’

*apoɟa*apoɟa

‘elder brother’

*asa*asa

‘egg’

*asi*asi

‘sun, day’

*awin*awin

‘ribs’

*awo*awo

‘breast’

*awoɟa*awoɟa

‘younger brother’

*aɸa*aɸa

‘hole’

*aɸa(r)[-ɸu]*aɸa(r)[-ɸu]

‘wing’

*bebe*bebe

‘hard, strong’

*ber*ber

‘vagina’

*bo*bo

‘paddle’

*bor*bor

‘see, look’

*bu*bu

‘cassowary’

*bura*bura

‘moon’

*eke*eke

‘seed’

*emeɟ*emeɟ

‘stand’

*es (vb)*es (vb)

‘sleep’

*esak*esak

‘netbag’

*et*et

‘blood’

*eta*eta

‘stone’

*eɸe*eɸe

‘leaf’

*garu*ɡaru

‘old’

*g(e,a)m*ɡ(e,a)m

‘give’

*gek*ɡek

‘rain’

*gepam*ɡepam

‘cheek, jaw’

*gewu*ɡewu

‘child’

*geɸi*ɡeɸi

‘leech’

*gi(ɟ)*ɡi(ɟ)

‘cut up’

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

‘heavy’

*igi*iɡi

‘thorn’

*inik*inik

‘knee’

*ir*ir

‘shoot’

*isi*isi

‘mosquito’

*it*it

‘tie’

*iwin*iwin

‘lips’

*iwu*iwu

‘small’

*iwur*iwur

‘dog’

*iɸok*iɸok

‘cold’

*jamam*jamam

‘penis’

*jawa*jawa

‘nest’

*jawoɟa*jawoɟa

‘woman’

*jaɸ*jaɸ

‘hit’

*joɟ*joɟ

‘lie (down)’

*manam*manam

‘eye’

*mana-pu*mana-pu

‘forehead’

*masak*masak

‘saliva’

*mawu*mawu

‘foot’

*maɟa(C)*maɟa(c)

‘weep, cry’

*mik*mik

‘nose’

*minik*minik

‘mucus’

*mo*mo

‘cut down’

*monek*monek

‘sugarcane’

*mopuk*mopuk

‘armpit’

*moɟ*moɟ

‘water’

*musa*musa

‘testicle’

*nabu*nabu

‘white’

*nam*nam

‘fish’

*nasuk*nasuk

‘wound’

*nV*nv

‘eat, drink’

*ok*ok

‘pig’

*om*om

‘louse’

*ope*ope

‘above’

*os (vb)*os (vb)

‘cough’

*(o)weɟ*(o)weɟ

‘person’

*oɸo*oɸo

‘soft’

*sasok*sasok

‘dry’

*sik*sik

‘teeth, sharp’

*sin*sin

‘sand’

*sonam*sonam

‘forearm’

*umin*umin

‘ashes, dust’

*usa*usa

‘fire’

*usin*usin

‘coconut’

*wanam(a)*wanam(a)

‘sky’

*ɸa*ɸa

‘excrement’

*ɸima*ɸima

‘calf’

*ɸin*ɸin

‘hair’

*ɸoma*ɸoma

‘neck’