OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Usher & Suter (2020c): Proto-Asmat-Kamoro

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
*[jawo-]umit(i,u)*[jawo-]umit(i,u)

‘ashes’

*[jawu-]asi*[jawu-]asi

‘afternoon’

*[ufu-]amo*[ufu-]amo

‘louse’

*ae*ae

‘thigh’

*aji*aji

‘new’

*amoine*amoine

‘bow’

*amuini*amuini

‘smoke’

*anu*anu

‘centipede’

*apimi*apimi

‘sago pulp’

*asa*asa

‘excrement’

*asa pu[-mu]*asa pu[-mu]

‘flatulate’

*awo*awo

‘breast’

*cafo*cafo

‘hit’

*cai*cai

‘lie (down)’

*camane*camane

‘penis’

*cawa*cawa

‘nest’

*cawoca*cawoca

‘woman’

*eake*eake

‘fruit’

*efe*efe

‘leaf’

*eme*eme

‘drum’

*eme*eme

‘stand’

*enamo*enamo

‘fish’

*(e)nawa*(e)nawa

‘come’

*(e)poca*(e)poca

‘elder brother’

*esae*esae

‘plaited bag’

*ese*ese

‘blood’

*esi (n)*esi (n)

‘sleep’

*(e)waoca*(e)waoca

‘younger brother’

*fae*fae

‘buttocks’

*f(e,o)ma(kV)*f(e,o)ma(kv)

‘neck, throat’

*fima*fima

‘vein’

*fini*fini

‘hair’

*isi*isi

‘mosquito’

*iti*iti

‘thorn’

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

‘lips’

*j(a,e)ka*j(a,e)ka

‘stone’

*j(a,e)te*j(a,e)te

‘call’

*j(a,o)fa*j(a,o)fa

‘hole’

*jafaro*jafaro

‘wing’

*jaka*jaka

‘charcoal’

*jamopu*jamopu

‘armpit’

*jawimi*jawimi

‘ribs’

*jawu*jawu

‘sun’

*j(i,e)ka*j(i,e)ka

‘tie’

*j(i,u)wu*j(i,u)wu

‘child’

*jinifa*jinifa

‘knee’

*jiwi-*jiwi-

‘hear’

*jufo(ko)*jufo(ko)

‘cold’

*jutoro*jutoro

‘heavy’

*juwuri*juwuri

‘dog’

*kapoma*kapoma

‘two’

*kawei*kawei

‘person’

*komane*komane

‘tongue’

*mace*mace

‘weep, cry’

*mana(mV)*mana(mv)

‘eye’

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

‘forehead’

*mane*mane

‘nose’

*masa(p,f)u*masa(p,f)u

‘saliva’

*mi*mi

‘nose’

*mini*mini

‘mucus’

*mo*mo

‘cut down’

*monefV*monefv

‘sugarcane’

*mui*mui

‘water’

*musa[(-eake)]*musa[(-eake)]

‘testicle’

*napu*napu

‘light colour’

*nas(o,u)*nas(o,u)

‘wound’

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

‘eat, drink’

*ofo*ofo

‘pig’

*ofo*ofo

‘rotten’

*ope*ope

‘above’

*osV*osv

‘cough’

*pepe*pepe

‘tight, hard’

*pere*pere

‘vagina’

*po*po

‘paddle’

*pora*pora

‘see, look’

*pu*pu

‘cassowary’

*pura*pura

‘moon’

*sa*sa

‘egg’

*sini*sini

‘sand’

*sisi*sisi

‘tooth’

*sona(ne)*sona(ne)

‘elbow’

*soso(to)*soso(to)

‘dry’

*tarau*tarau

‘neck’

*t(e,a)ma*t(e,a)ma

‘give’

*t(e,o)pane*t(e,o)pane

‘chin, jaw’

*tefe*tefe

‘old’

*tewa*tewa

‘take’

*tewu*tewu

‘son’

*ti*ti

‘cut up’

*tifi*tifi

‘rain’

*ufu*ufu

‘head, hair’

*usa*usa

‘fire, firewood’

*usini*usini

‘coconut’

*wasa*wasa

‘clearing for a garden’

*wasae*wasae

‘red ochre’

*wonamo*wonamo

‘sky’