Usher & Schapper (2022a): Proto-Greater West Bomberai
Original citation: Usher, Timothy and Antoinette Schapper. 2022. The Greater West Bomberai Family. Oceanic Linguistics 61.1: 469–527.
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Total entries: 47
| Headword | IPA | Glosses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| *am[i,u]n | *am[i,u]n | ‘louse’ | |
| *ami | *ami | ‘breast’ | |
| *isu | *isu | ‘fruit, seed’ | |
| *jambar | *jambar | ‘dog’ | |
| *ka[i]tu | *ka[i]tu | ‘excrement’ | |
| *kami[n,r] | *kami[n,r] | ‘wing’ | |
| *kamən | *kamən | ‘kunai grass’ | |
| *kapasi[n] | *kapasi[n] | ‘sneeze’ | |
| *kar[u] | *kar[u] | ‘vagina’ | |
| *kina | *kina | ‘eye’ | |
| *kipi | *kipi | ‘worm’ | |
| *kira | *kira | ‘water’ | |
| *kuŋgar | *kuŋɡar | ‘raw, unripe’ | |
| *kVmV | *kvmv | ‘die’ | |
| *kʷali | *kʷali | ‘ear’ | |
| *kʷari | *kʷari | ‘nest’ | |
| *kəna | *kəna | ‘see’ | |
| *mandV | *mandv | ‘child’ | |
| *mandəl | *mandəl | ‘flying fox’ | |
| *maŋg | *maŋɡ | ‘voice’ | |
| *maŋgʷVl | *maŋɡʷvl | ‘banana’ | |
| *mara | *mara | ‘walk, go’ | |
| *mira | *mira | ‘inside’ | |
| *mitV[-n] | *mitv[-n] | ‘sit’ | |
| *mun | *mun | ‘rotten, smelly’ | |
| *n[a,o]k[a,o] | *n[a,o]k[a,o] | ‘younger sibling’ | |
| *na[n]Cər | *na[n]cər | ‘stand’ | |
| *nai | *nai | ‘name’ | |
| *nami | *nami | ‘man’ | |
| *nana | *nana | ‘older sibling’ | |
| *nawa | *nawa | ‘eat, drink’ | |
| *pani | *pani | ‘tasty’ | |
| *pVlum | *pvlum | ‘spittle, saliva’ | |
| *sina | *sina | ‘plait’ | |
| *tana | *tana | ‘hand, arm’ | |
| *tari | *tari | ‘fence’ | |
| *tumbur | *tumbur | ‘woman’ | |
| *tumbər | *tumbər | ‘mountain’ | |
| *tuŋgair | *tuŋɡair | ‘heavy’ | |
| *ukʷan[i] | *ukʷan[i] | ‘one’ | |
| *waik | *waik | ‘blood’ | |
| *walen | *walen | ‘blue, green’ | |
| *waŋgVndzi | *waŋɡvndzi | ‘day’ | |
| *war | *war | ‘stone’ | |
| *wasin | *wasin | ‘tooth’ | |
| *wata | *wata | ‘coconut’ | |
| *wəla | *wəla | ‘tail’ |