Edwards (2021a): Proto-Rote-Meto
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| Headword | IPA | Glosses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| *aa | *aa | ‘the’ (eng) | |
| *aem | *aem | ‘domesticated, tame’ (eng) | |
| *afa | *afa | ‘insipid’ (eng) | |
| *afi | *afi | ‘yesterday’ (eng) | |
| *afu | *afu | ‘ash, dust’ (eng) | |
| *afu | *afu | ‘floor, ground’ (eng) | |
| *ahi | *ahi | ‘fire’ (eng) | |
| *ahi | *ahi | ‘trample, tread’ (eng) | |
| *aho | *aho | ‘lime (mineral)’ (eng) | |
| *ahu | *ahu | ‘dew’ (eng) | |
| *ala | *ala | ‘fetch, get, take’ (eng) | |
| *ama | *ama | ‘father’ (eng) | |
| *anak | *anak | ‘child, small’ (eng) | |
| *ane | *ane | ‘braid’ (eng) | |
| *aŋɡum | *aŋɡum | ‘dew’ (eng) | |
| *anin | *anin | ‘wind’ (eng) | |
| *ao | *ao | ‘body’ (eng) | |
| *aso | *aso | ‘scoop’ (eng) | |
| *asu | *asu | ‘dog’ (eng) | |
| *ata | *ata | ‘above, top, up’ (eng) | |
| *ata | *ata | ‘slave’ (eng) | |
| *ata | *ata | ‘we (incl.), 1PL INCL’ (eng) | |
| *ate | *ate | ‘liver’ (eng) | |
| *atis | *atis | ‘breast beam of loom’ (eng) | |
| *atu | *atu | ‘charcoal, soot’ (eng) | |
| *au | *au | ‘I, 1SG’ (eng) | |
| *auee | *auee | ‘oh!’ (eng) | |
| *baa | *baa | ‘lungs’ (eng) | |
| *badoe | *badoe | ‘grope’ (eng) | |
| *badoe | *badoe | ‘touch’ (eng) | |
| *bafi | *bafi | ‘pig’ (eng) | |
| *bafo | *bafo | ‘above, top’ (eng) | |
| *bali | *bali | ‘return, go back, turn around, turn back, again’ (eng) | |
| *balu | *balu | ‘cover, wrap up’ (eng) | |
| *balu | *balu | ‘mourn, widow, widower’ (eng) | |
| *baŋakuɗu | *baŋakuɗu | ‘Morinda citrifolia’ (lat) | |
| *batu | *batu | ‘rock, stone’ (eng) | |
| *bau | *bau | ‘Hibiscus tiliaceus’ (lat) | |
| *bei | *bei | ‘still, yet’ (eng) | |
| *belas | *belas | ‘machete’ (eng) | |
| *beli | *beli | ‘bride price, price, cost, buy’ (eng) | |
| *beni | *beni | ‘pass’ (eng) | |
| *beni | *beni | ‘yesterday, day after tomorrow, day before yesterday’ (eng) | |
| *berat | *berat | ‘heavy, weight’ (eng) | |
| *betə | *betə | ‘foxtail millet, millet’ (eng) | |
| *beu | *beu | ‘Garuga floribunda’ (lat) | |
| *beu | *beu | ‘new’ (eng) | |
| *bibi | *bibi | ‘pinch’ (eng) | |
| *bini | *bini | ‘seed’ (eng) | |
| *biti | *biti | ‘calf (of leg)’ (eng) | |
| *biti | *biti | ‘jerk, jump up’ (eng) | |
| *biti | *biti | ‘slingshot’ (eng) | |
| *boo | *boo | ‘herd (v.)’ (eng) | |
| *boo | *boo | ‘odour, smell, stink’ (eng) | |
| *bua | *bua | ‘fruit’ (eng) | |
| *bufu | *bufu | ‘fish trap’ (eng) | |
| *bulan | *bulan | ‘moon’ (eng) | |
| *bulu | *bulu | ‘feather, fur, hair’ (eng) | |
| *buni | *buni | ‘ringworm’ (eng) | |
| *buu | *buu | ‘blow’ (eng) | |
| *buu | *buu | ‘blowpipe’ (eng) | |
| *daa | *daa | ‘blood’ (eng) | |
| *dae | *dae | ‘earth, ground, land, soil’ (eng) | |
| *daem | *daem | ‘termite’ (eng) | |
| *daki | *daki | ‘dirt, filth’ (eng) | |
| *dalə | *dalə | ‘inside, in, feelings’ (eng) | |
| *damei | *damei | ‘lick’ (eng) | |
| *daru | *daru | ‘long’ (eng) | |
| *dei | *dei | ‘forehead’ (eng) | |
| *deki | *deki | ‘kiss’ (eng) | |
| *deŋe | *deŋe | ‘kapok tree’ (eng) | |
| *deras | *deras | ‘Erythrina sp.’ (lat) | |
| *dii | *dii | ‘house post’ (eng) | |
| *dii | *dii | ‘pillar, pole, post’ (eng) | |
| *dii | *dii | ‘stand’ (eng) | |
| *dindi | *dindi | ‘wall’ (eng) | |
| *diu | *diu | ‘bathe’ (eng) | |
| *doo | *doo | ‘leaf’ (eng) | |
| *dua | *dua | ‘two’ (eng) | |
| *dui | *dui | ‘bone’ (eng) | |
| *dui | *dui | ‘dugong’ (eng) | |
| *duman | *duman | ‘empty’ (eng) | |
| *duman | *duman | ‘few, some’ (eng) | |
| *ei | *ei | ‘foot, leg’ (eng) | |
| *eki | *eki | ‘cry out, shout’ (eng) | |
| *eko | *eko | ‘shake, sift’ (eng) | |
| *ekut | *ekut | ‘fibres’ (eng) | |
| *ela | *ela | ‘already’ (eng) | |
| *ele | *ele | ‘there’ (eng) | |
| *elus | *elus | ‘rainbow’ (eng) | |
| *ena | *ena | ‘have, own, possess’ (eng) | |
| *endən | *endən | ‘soak’ (eng) | |
| *eno | *eno | ‘door, gate, path, road, way’ (eng) | |
| *esa | *esa | ‘one’ (eng) | |
| *esak | *esak | ‘day after tomorrow, day before yesterday’ (eng) | |
| *eti | *eti | ‘come, go’ (eng) | |
| *etu | *etu | ‘catfish’ (eng) | |
| *eɗa | *eɗa | ‘ladder, stairs’ (eng) | |
| *fa | *fa | ‘just’ (eng) | |
| *fa | *fa | ‘no’ (eng) | |
| *faa | *faa | ‘current, flow, overflow’ (eng) | |
| *faat | *faat | ‘rainy season’ (eng) | |
| *fae | *fae | ‘lizard’ (eng) | |
| *fai | *fai | ‘day, night’ (eng) | |
| *faka | *faka | ‘crack, divide, split’ (eng) | |
| *fake | *fake | ‘Parkia speciosa’ (lat) | |
| *fakur | *fakur | ‘pull out’ (eng) | |
| *fali | *fali | ‘heel’ (eng) | |
| *fali | *fali | ‘stand with’ (eng) | |
| *falu | *falu | ‘eight’ (eng) | |
| *fandi | *fandi | ‘cut’ (eng) | |
| *fandu | *fandu | ‘dry season’ (eng) | |
| *fanduun | *fanduun | ‘star’ (eng) | |
| *faŋɡa | *faŋɡa | ‘nail’ (eng) | |
| *farəndən | *farəndən | ‘feelings, mind, thoughts, remember, hope, love, kiss (nose)’ (eng) | |
| *fase | *fase | ‘wash’ (eng) | |
| *fata | *fata | ‘female’ (eng) | |
| *fati | *fati | ‘feed’ (eng) | |
| *faɗa | *faɗa | ‘inform, say, speak, tell’ (eng) | |
| *fee | *fee | ‘give’ (eng) | |
| *fei | *fei | ‘open’ (eng) | |
| *feku | *feku | ‘flute’ (eng) | |
| *fekə | *fekə | ‘other, separate’ (eng) | |
| *fela | *fela | ‘spread out, unroll’ (eng) | |
| *felu | *felu | ‘bend’ (eng) | |
| *femba | *femba | ‘beat, hit, strike’ (eng) | |
| *fenu | *fenu | ‘bend’ (eng) | |
| *fera | *fera | ‘landslide, ravine’ (eng) | |
| *feto | *feto | ‘sister, female’ (eng) | |
| *fetu | *fetu | ‘snare, trap’ (eng) | |
| *feu | *feu | ‘in‑law’ (eng) | |
| *feɗu | *feɗu | ‘bent, flexible’ (eng) | |
| *fia | *fia | ‘taro, tuber’ (eng) | |
| *fiti | *fiti | ‘carry’ (eng) | |
| *fiti | *fiti | ‘jerk, kick’ (eng) | |
| *foe | *foe | ‘crocodile’ (eng) | |
| *foe | *foe | ‘move’ (eng) | |
| *foe | *foe | ‘spots’ (eng) | |
| *foe | *foe | ‘struggle, turbulent’ (eng) | |
| *foo | *foo | ‘Moringa oleifera’ (lat) | |
| *fora | *fora | ‘grate, scour’ (eng) | |
| *foti | *foti | ‘dance’ (eng) | |
| *foti | *foti | ‘racing’ (eng) | |
| *foʔa | *foʔa | ‘get up, wake up’ (eng) | |
| *foʔi | *foʔi | ‘lever’ (eng) | |
| *fua | *fua | ‘carry, load’ (eng) | |
| *fue | *fue | ‘bean, legume’ (eng) | |
| *fufu | *fufu | ‘weevil’ (eng) | |
| *fui | *fui | ‘douse, pour, wash’ (eng) | |
| *fui | *fui | ‘wild’ (eng) | |
| *fuka | *fuka | ‘dig’ (eng) | |
| *fula | *fula | ‘white’ (eng) | |
| *fuli | *fuli | ‘cowrie shell’ (eng) | |
| *fuloat | *fuloat | ‘Sterculia urceolata’ (lat) | |
| *fulə | *fulə | ‘twist, wrap’ (eng) | |
| *fumbu | *fumbu | ‘fontanelle, peak, ridgepole’ (eng) | |
| *fumbu | *fumbu | ‘midday’ (eng) | |
| *funi | *funi | ‘afterbirth, placenta’ (eng) | |
| *funi | *funi | ‘hide’ (eng) | |
| *fura | *fura | ‘cut’ (eng) | |
| *futu | *futu | ‘bind, tie, bundle’ (eng) | |
| *fuu | *fuu | ‘blow’ (eng) | |
| *fuɗi | *fuɗi | ‘persuade’ (eng) | |
| *fuʤə | *fuʤə | ‘foam’ (eng) | |
| *ha | *ha | ‘earwax’ (eng) | |
| *haa | *haa | ‘four’ (eng) | |
| *haa | *haa | ‘lontar thorn’ (eng) | |
| *hade | *hade | ‘paddy rice’ (eng) | |
| *hae | *hae | ‘breathe, rest, tired’ (eng) | |
| *hai | *hai | ‘bucket’ (eng) | |
| *hai | *hai | ‘stingray’ (eng) | |
| *hai | *hai | ‘wild basil’ (eng) | |
| *halu | *halu | ‘pestle’ (eng) | |
| *hambu | *hambu | ‘find’ (eng) | |
| *hambu | *hambu | ‘overtake’ (eng) | |
| *hanas | *hanas | ‘hot’ (eng) | |
| *hani | *hani | ‘bait’ (eng) | |
| *hani | *hani | ‘feed (v.)’ (eng) | |
| *hano | *hano | ‘rash’ (eng) | |
| *hano | *hano | ‘spots’ (eng) | |
| *hao | *hao | ‘feed’ (eng) | |
| *hapi | *hapi | ‘clamp, pinch’ (eng) | |
| *hara | *hara | ‘sound, voice’ (eng) | |
| *haru | *haru | ‘shoulder’ (eng) | |
| *hatahori | *hatahori | ‘man, person’ (eng) | |
| *hauk | *hauk | ‘calm down, soothe’ (eng) | |
| *ha(ʔ)i | *ha(ʔ)i | ‘take’ (eng) | |
| *hedu | *hedu | ‘gall bladder, bitter’ (eng) | |
| *hee | *hee | ‘lobster’ (eng) | |
| *hee | *hee | ‘press’ (eng) | |
| *hela | *hela | ‘pull’ (eng) | |
| *helu | *helu | ‘bend’ (eng) | |
| *hena | *hena | ‘hope’ (eng) | |
| *hendam | *hendam | ‘wild pandanus’ (eng) | |
| *hene | *hene | ‘climb’ (eng) | |
| *heŋɡe | *heŋɡe | ‘hang’ (eng) | |
| *heŋɡe | *heŋɡe | ‘necklace’ (eng) | |
| *heŋɡu | *heŋɡu | ‘earwax’ (eng) | |
| *henu | *henu | ‘fill, full’ (eng) | |
| *henuh | *henuh | ‘beads’ (eng) | |
| *heo | *heo | ‘move’ (eng) | |
| *heɗis | *heɗis | ‘pain, sick’ (eng) | |
| *hia | *hia | ‘want’ (eng) | |
| *hida | *hida | ‘how much?’ (eng) | |
| *hiri | *hiri | ‘choose’ (eng) | |
| *hitu | *hitu | ‘seven’ (eng) | |
| *hoi | *hoi | ‘dry in sun’ (eng) | |
| *hoka | *hoka | ‘call up, invite’ (eng) | |
| *holas | *holas | ‘naked’ (eng) | |
| *holu | *holu | ‘embrace, hug’ (eng) | |
| *holu | *holu | ‘heel’ (eng) | |
| *horis | *horis | ‘living’ (eng) | |
| *hosu | *hosu | ‘loosen’ (eng) | |
| *hosu | *hosu | ‘pull out’ (eng) | |
| *hotu | *hotu | ‘burn’ (eng) | |
| *huka | *huka | ‘open’ (eng) | |
| *hulu | *hulu | ‘first, in front’ (eng) | |
| *humək | *humək | ‘face, smile’ (eng) | |
| *hundi | *hundi | ‘banana’ (eng) | |
| *huŋɡa | *huŋɡa | ‘chop’ (eng) | |
| *husə | *husə | ‘navel’ (eng) | |
| *huti | *huti | ‘incite, provoke’ (eng) | |
| *hutu | *hutu | ‘rub’ (eng) | |
| *huu | *huu | ‘tree trunk, source’ (eng) | |
| *həndi | *həndi | ‘finish’ (eng) | |
| *ia | *ia | ‘here, this’ (eng) | |
| *ifa | *ifa | ‘lap’ (eng) | |
| *ika | *ika | ‘fish’ (eng) | |
| *iko | *iko | ‘tail’ (eng) | |
| *ikə | *ikə | ‘noose, snare’ (eng) | |
| *ila | *ila | ‘birthmark, freckle, mole (skin)’ (eng) | |
| *ina | *ina | ‘mother, woman’ (eng) | |
| *iŋɡu | *iŋɡu | ‘country, land, village’ (eng) | |
| *inu | *inu | ‘drink’ (eng) | |
| *inus | *inus | ‘kind of bird’ (eng) | |
| *isa | *isa | ‘bind’ (eng) | |
| *isa | *isa | ‘completely’ (eng) | |
| *isa | *isa | ‘kill’ (eng) | |
| *isa | *isa | ‘tie’ (eng) | |
| *isa | *isa | ‘win’ (eng) | |
| *isi | *isi | ‘contents, flesh of fruit’ (eng) | |
| *ita | *ita | ‘look, see’ (eng) | |
| *iu | *iu | ‘shark’ (eng) | |
| *iɗu | *iɗu | ‘nose, kiss’ (eng) | |
| *kaa | *kaa | ‘bite, clamp, pinch’ (eng) | |
| *kaa | *kaa | ‘crow’ (eng) | |
| *kae | *kae | ‘cockatoo’ (eng) | |
| *kahi | *kahi | ‘count’ (eng) | |
| *kahi | *kahi | ‘pull, push’ (eng) | |
| *kahin | *kahin | ‘prohibit, stop’ (eng) | |
| *kahu | *kahu | ‘kind of fish’ (eng) | |
| *kai | *kai | ‘hook’ (eng) | |
| *kai | *kai | ‘stiff’ (eng) | |
| *kai usu | *kai usu | ‘ribs’ (eng) | |
| *kai/ou | *kai/ou | ‘Casuarina sp.’ (lat) | |
| *kais | *kais | ‘sour’ (eng) | |
| *kaiu | *kaiu | ‘tree, wood’ (eng) | |
| *kaka | *kaka | ‘elder sibling’ (eng) | |
| *kalati | *kalati | ‘earthworm, worm’ (eng) | |
| *kali | *kali | ‘dig’ (eng) | |
| *kambe | *kambe | ‘saliva, splittle’ (eng) | |
| *kame | *kame | ‘knead’ (eng) | |
| *ka(m)i | *ka(m)i | ‘we (excl.), 1PL EXCL’ (eng) | |
| *kamiri | *kamiri | ‘candlenut’ (eng) | |
| *kao | *kao | ‘scrape, scratch’ (eng) | |
| *kara | *kara | ‘chest’ (eng) | |
| *karu | *karu | ‘scrape, scratch’ (eng) | |
| *katefuan | *katefuan | ‘hornet, wasp’ (eng) | |
| *kati | *kati | ‘call, summon’ (eng) | |
| *katə | *katə | ‘itchy’ (eng) | |
| *kaɗe | *kaɗe | ‘charcoal’ (eng) | |
| *kea | *kea | ‘turtle, tortoise’ (eng) | |
| *kees | *kees | ‘squeeze’ (eng) | |
| *kei | *kei | ‘tickle’ (eng) | |
| *kei | *kei | ‘touch’ (eng) | |
| *kela | *kela | ‘leave’ (eng) | |
| *kelas | *kelas | ‘gourd, winter melon’ (eng) | |
| *kele | *kele | ‘breathe, pant’ (eng) | |
| *kele | *kele | ‘neigh, whinny’ (eng) | |
| *keme | *keme | ‘knead’ (eng) | |
| *ke(m)i | *ke(m)i | ‘you (pl.), 2PL’ (eng) | |
| *kendi | *kendi | ‘slippery, smooth’ (eng) | |
| *keŋɡa | *keŋɡa | ‘seaweed’ (eng) | |
| *keni | *keni | ‘keel’ (eng) | |
| *kera | *kera | ‘brother‑in‑law’ (eng) | |
| *kera | *kera | ‘tickle, ticklish’ (eng) | |
| *kerumatu | *kerumatu | ‘leech’ (eng) | |
| *kesu/fani | *kesu/fani | ‘sneeze’ (eng) | |
| *ketembau | *ketembau | ‘kind of insect’ (eng) | |
| *ketu | *ketu | ‘break off, cut off’ (eng) | |
| *kibo | *kibo | ‘shellfish’ (eng) | |
| *kili | *kili | ‘tickle’ (eng) | |
| *kilu | *kilu | ‘crooked, twisted’ (eng) | |
| *kima | *kima | ‘clam’ (eng) | |
| *kiŋɡi | *kiŋɡi | ‘cockroach’ (eng) | |
| *kira | *kira | ‘hold’ (eng) | |
| *kira | *kira | ‘stingy’ (eng) | |
| *kiri | *kiri | ‘bell’ (eng) | |
| *kiri | *kiri | ‘sharpen’ (eng) | |
| *kisa | *kisa | ‘unique’ (eng) | |
| *kisi | *kisi | ‘peel’ (eng) | |
| *kita | *kita | ‘we (incl.), 1PL INCL’ (eng) | |
| *klaha | *klaha | ‘coals, embers’ (eng) | |
| *kleet | *kleet | ‘mock, tease’ (eng) | |
| *klou | *klou | ‘bow (arrow)’ (eng) | |
| *koaʔ | *koaʔ | ‘cry out’ (eng) | |
| *koaʔ | *koaʔ | ‘Friarbird’ (eng) | |
| *kodo | *kodo | ‘bird’ (eng) | |
| *koko | *koko | ‘carry’ (eng) | |
| *kona | *kona | ‘right’ (eng) | |
| *koo | *koo | ‘you (sg.), 2SG’ (eng) | |
| *koo | *koo | ‘Ziziphus mauritiana’ (lat) | |
| *koro | *koro | ‘bird, Rainbow Bee‑eater’ (eng) | |
| *koru | *koru | ‘harvest, strip leaves’ (eng) | |
| *kose | *kose | ‘rub, wipe’ (eng) | |
| *koti | *koti | ‘cut’ (eng) | |
| *koɓa | *koɓa | ‘cover’ (eng) | |
| *koɗe | *koɗe | ‘monkey’ (eng) | |
| *koɗo | *koɗo | ‘swallow’ (eng) | |
| *kua | *kua | ‘nit’ (eng) | |
| *kue | *kue | ‘civet’ (eng) | |
| *kuku | *kuku | ‘finger, toe’ (eng) | |
| *kukur | *kukur | ‘wallow’ (eng) | |
| *kumu | *kumu | ‘knead, fist’ (eng) | |
| *kuni | *kuni | ‘turmeric’ (eng) | |
| *kunu | *kunu | ‘kind of plant’ (eng) | |
| *kura | *kura | ‘scorpion’ (eng) | |
| *kuru | *kuru | ‘call chickens’ (eng) | |
| *kuru | *kuru | ‘wrinkly’ (eng) | |
| *kurus | *kurus | ‘chilli’ (eng) | |
| *kurə | *kurə | ‘jar, pot’ (eng) | |
| *kutu | *kutu | ‘head louse’ (eng) | |
| *kutus | *kutus | ‘cyclone, storm, whirlwind’ (eng) | |
| *kutə | *kutə | ‘brains’ (eng) | |
| *kutə | *kutə | ‘mantle’ (eng) | |
| *kuu | *kuu | ‘blow’ (eng) | |
| *kuun | *kuun | ‘grass’ (eng) | |
| *kənda | *kənda | ‘close (v.)’ (eng) | |
| *laa | *laa | ‘hut’ (eng) | |
| *laa | *laa | ‘kind of tree’ (eng) | |
| *laa | *laa | ‘open the eyes’ (eng) | |
| *laa | *laa | ‘sail’ (eng) | |
| *ladu | *ladu | ‘palm wine’ (eng) | |
| *lafa | *lafa | ‘kind of cloth’ (eng) | |
| *lafo | *lafo | ‘mouse, rat’ (eng) | |
| *laha | *laha | ‘hungry’ (eng) | |
| *lai | *lai | ‘fast, quick’ (eng) | |
| *lai | *lai | ‘run, flee’ (eng) | |
| *laia | *laia | ‘ginger’ (eng) | |
| *laisona | *laisona | ‘eschalot, onion, shallot’ (eng) | |
| *lako | *lako | ‘go’ (eng) | |
| *lamat | *lamat | ‘grasshopper’ (eng) | |
| *lamu | *lamu | ‘algae, seaweed’ (eng) | |
| *laŋɡa | *laŋɡa | ‘head, head hair’ (eng) | |
| *laŋɡe | *laŋɡe | ‘stocks’ (eng) | |
| *lani | *lani | ‘air, firmament, heaven’ (eng) | |
| *lanu | *lanu | ‘tired’ (eng) | |
| *lanu | *lanu | ‘uncomfortable’ (eng) | |
| *lari | *lari | ‘comb (rooster)’ (eng) | |
| *lari | *lari | ‘move location’ (eng) | |
| *larum | *larum | ‘Ficus variegata’ (lat) | |
| *lasa | *lasa | ‘underlay’ (eng) | |
| *lasi | *lasi | ‘bush, forest’ (eng) | |
| *lasi | *lasi | ‘old’ (eng) | |
| *lasə | *lasə | ‘scrotum, testicles’ (eng) | |
| *latu | *latu | ‘ripe’ (eng) | |
| *latu | *latu | ‘seaweed’ (eng) | |
| *laɓa | *laɓa | ‘entwine, wind (v.)’ (eng) | |
| *laʔus | *laʔus | ‘cactus’ (eng) | |
| *ledo | *ledo | ‘sun, day, sky’ (eng) | |
| *lee | *lee | ‘river’ (eng) | |
| *leke | *leke | ‘coil’ (eng) | |
| *leko | *leko | ‘lure’ (eng) | |
| *leku | *leku | ‘coil, winding’ (eng) | |
| *lele | *lele | ‘tight’ (eng) | |
| *lema | *lema | ‘eel, sea‑snake’ (eng) | |
| *lemba | *lemba | ‘carry’ (eng) | |
| *lemuk | *lemuk | ‘dolphin’ (eng) | |
| *lena | *lena | ‘sesame’ (eng) | |
| *lendo | *lendo | ‘dance’ (eng) | |
| *leŋɡe | *leŋɡe | ‘too much’ (eng) | |
| *leŋɡu | *leŋɡu | ‘throw’ (eng) | |
| *leo | *leo | ‘clan’ (eng) | |
| *lesu | *lesu | ‘come out’ (eng) | |
| *lesu | *lesu | ‘neck’ (eng) | |
| *lete | *lete | ‘bridge’ (eng) | |
| *lete | *lete | ‘hill, mountain’ (eng) | |
| *leu | *leu | ‘already’ (eng) | |
| *leu | *leu | ‘now’ (eng) | |
| *lifu | *lifu | ‘pool, lake, billabong’ (eng) | |
| *liha | *liha | ‘centipede’ (eng) | |
| *lii | *lii | ‘neck, sound’ (eng) | |
| *liku | *liku | ‘back’ (eng) | |
| *liku | *liku | ‘hit, knock, strike’ (eng) | |
| *lili | *lili | ‘wax’ (eng) | |
| *lilis | *lilis | ‘Calophyllum teysmannii’ (lat) | |
| *lilo | *lilo | ‘gold, silver’ (eng) | |
| *lima | *lima | ‘arm, hand’ (eng) | |
| *lima | *lima | ‘five’ (eng) | |
| *lino | *lino | ‘Grewia slutaris’ (lat) | |
| *lise | *lise | ‘Terminalia catappa’ (lat) | |
| *lisum | *lisum | ‘kind of plant’ (eng) | |
| *liɓu | *liɓu | ‘abound, teem, surround’ (eng) | |
| *liɗa | *liɗa | ‘fin, wing, edge’ (eng) | |
| *liɗe | *liɗe | ‘nerve of palm leaf’ (eng) | |
| *loe | *loe | ‘go down’ (eng) | |
| *loe | *loe | ‘listless, weak’ (eng) | |
| *lohas | *lohas | ‘clothes, equipment’ (eng) | |
| *loke | *loke | ‘hang’ (eng) | |
| *lole | *lole | ‘spool’ (eng) | |
| *lole | *lole | ‘sweet potato, taro, tuber’ (eng) | |
| *lolir | *lolir | ‘wallow, roll’ (eng) | |
| *lolo | *lolo | ‘beam, stick’ (eng) | |
| *lolo | *lolo | ‘liana, thread’ (eng) | |
| *lolo | *lolo | ‘strait, watercourse, valley’ (eng) | |
| *lolo | *lolo | ‘stretch’ (eng) | |
| *lombu | *lombu | ‘algae, duckweed, moss’ (eng) | |
| *loo | *loo | ‘household’ (eng) | |
| *loo | *loo | ‘stretch’ (eng) | |
| *lopo | *lopo | ‘hut, shelter’ (eng) | |
| *losa | *losa | ‘arrive, reach, until, up to’ (eng) | |
| *loɓa | *loɓa | ‘kind of bark (n)’ (eng) | |
| *loɓo | *loɓo | ‘hurt, tire out’ (eng) | |
| *loɗe | *loɗe | ‘stick out’ (eng) | |
| *loɗo | *loɗo | ‘straight’ (eng) | |
| *lua | *lua | ‘boil, seethe’ (eng) | |
| *lua | *lua | ‘open (adj.), wide, outside’ (eng) | |
| *lua-t | *lua-t | ‘cave’ (eng) | |
| *lui | *lui | ‘pull off, remove’ (eng) | |
| *luku | *luku | ‘bent, paralysed’ (eng) | |
| *luku | *luku | ‘spy, watch, brood’ (eng) | |
| *luli | *luli | ‘taboo’ (eng) | |
| *lulun | *lulun | ‘roll up’ (eng) | |
| *lunu | *lunu | ‘cushion, pillow’ (eng) | |
| *lusə | *lusə | ‘wrap’ (eng) | |
| *lutu | *lutu | ‘fine, small, tiny’ (eng) | |
| *lutu | *lutu | ‘pile up’ (eng) | |
| *lutə | *lutə | ‘firebrand’ (eng) | |
| *luu | *luu | ‘Ricinus communis’ (lat) | |
| *luu | *luu | ‘tears (crying)’ (eng) | |
| *ma | *ma | ‘and’ (eng) | |
| *maa | *maa | ‘tongue’ (eng) | |
| *mae | *mae | ‘ashamed, embarrassed, shy’ (eng) | |
| *mae | *mae | ‘itchy tuber’ (eng); ‘Amorphophallus sp’ (lat) | |
| *mafo | *mafo | ‘cool, shadow’ (eng) | |
| *mafu | *mafu | ‘drunk’ (eng) | |
| *mai | *mai | ‘come’ (eng) | |
| *mali | *mali | ‘bitter, brackish’ (eng) | |
| *malus | *malus | ‘betel‑pepper’ (eng) | |
| *mama | *mama | ‘chew’ (eng) | |
| *mamis | *mamis | ‘insipid, sweet’ (eng) | |
| *mamər | *mamər | ‘garden’ (eng) | |
| *mana | *mana | ‘place (n.)’ (eng) | |
| *mana | *mana | ‘relativiser’ (eng) | |
| *ma(n)at | *ma(n)at | ‘orphan, tame’ (eng) | |
| *mane | *mane | ‘king, male, prince’ (eng) | |
| *maneu | *maneu | ‘bright’ (eng) | |
| *maŋɡu | *maŋɡu | ‘dry’ (eng) | |
| *maŋɡu | *maŋɡu | ‘tired’ (eng) | |
| *manu | *manu | ‘chicken’ (eng) | |
| *masi | *masi | ‘salty’ (eng) | |
| *masu | *masu | ‘smoke, steam, vapour’ (eng) | |
| *mata | *mata | ‘eye’ (eng) | |
| *mata | *mata | ‘green, raw, unripe’ (eng) | |
| *mate | *mate | ‘die, thoroughly’ (eng) | |
| *mau | *mau | ‘grass, kind of plant’ (eng) | |
| *maus | *maus | ‘domesticated, tame, docile’ (eng) | |
| *maɗa | *maɗa | ‘dry up, evaporate’ (eng) | |
| *maɗo | *maɗo | ‘medicine, tobacco’ (eng) | |
| *mbaa | *mbaa | ‘flesh, meat’ (eng) | |
| *mbada | *mbada | ‘short’ (eng) | |
| *mbae | *mbae | ‘swell’ (eng) | |
| *mbai | *mbai | ‘rotten’ (eng) | |
| *mbaki | *mbaki | ‘beetle’ (eng) | |
| *mbala | *mbala | ‘co‑wife, concubine’ (eng) | |
| *mbalu | *mbalu | ‘cover, enclose’ (eng) | |
| *mbana | *mbana | ‘nose, tip’ (eng) | |
| *mbao | *mbao | ‘mango’ (eng) | |
| *mba-raa | *mba-raa | ‘old’ (eng) | |
| *mbau | *mbau | ‘beam’ (eng) | |
| *mbau | *mbau | ‘prick, stab, pound’ (eng) | |
| *mbela | *mbela | ‘maize, sorghum’ (eng) | |
| *mbena | *mbena | ‘fly’ (eng) | |
| *mbesik | *mbesik | ‘throw’ (eng) | |
| *mbeta | *mbeta | ‘wet’ (eng) | |
| *mbetak | *mbetak | ‘swell’ (eng) | |
| *mbeɗa | *mbeɗa | ‘place (v.), put’ (eng) | |
| *mbeʔu | *mbeʔu | ‘lie down, sleep, sleepy’ (eng) | |
| *mbii | *mbii | ‘Achilles’ tendon’ (eng) | |
| *mbii | *mbii | ‘tight’ (eng) | |
| *mbiko | *mbiko | ‘kind of coniferous tree’ (eng); ‘Podocarpus rumphii’ (lat) | |
| *mbila | *mbila | ‘blaze, flame (v.), red’ (eng) | |
| *mbinu | *mbinu | ‘snot’ (eng) | |
| *mbisa | *mbisa | ‘wild basil’ (eng) | |
| *mboes | *mboes | ‘prawn, shrimp’ (eng) | |
| *mbonu | *mbonu | ‘eyebrows, moustache, hair, mane’ (eng) | |
| *mboo | *mboo | ‘hole, wide open’ (eng) | |
| *mbori | *mbori | ‘pour’ (eng) | |
| *mboro | *mboro | ‘palm leaf’ (eng) | |
| *mbosi | *mbosi | ‘release’ (eng) | |
| *mbou | *mbou | ‘cloth’ (eng) | |
| *mbuah | *mbuah | ‘areca palm, betel nut’ (eng) | |
| *mbui | *mbui | ‘bird, quail’ (eng) | |
| *mbuku | *mbuku | ‘bent, hill’ (eng) | |
| *mbuku | *mbuku | ‘mushroom’ (eng) | |
| *mbule | *mbule | ‘corn cob, grain head’ (eng) | |
| *mbumbu | *mbumbu | ‘expand, swollen’ (eng) | |
| *mbune | *mbune | ‘Antidesma bunius’ (lat) | |
| *mbunut | *mbunut | ‘coconut husk, coir’ (eng) | |
| *mburuk | *mburuk | ‘rotten’ (eng) | |
| *mbusu | *mbusu | ‘thigh’ (eng) | |
| *mbusər | *mbusər | ‘sweat’ (eng) | |
| *mbutu | *mbutu | ‘bundle up, tie’ (eng) | |
| *mbutu | *mbutu | ‘burning, hot’ (eng) | |
| *mbuu | *mbuu | ‘noise, sound’ (eng) | |
| *mea | *mea | ‘red’ (eng) | |
| *mee | *mee | ‘bleat’ (eng) | |
| *mehi | *mehi | ‘dream’ (eng) | |
| *mela | *mela | ‘flea’ (eng) | |
| *mendu | *mendu | ‘crush, grind’ (eng) | |
| *meŋɡe | *meŋɡe | ‘red snake’ (eng) | |
| *meni | *meni | ‘aromatic, fragrant’ (eng) | |
| *meo | *meo | ‘cat’ (eng) | |
| *meras | *meras | ‘pain, sick’ (eng) | |
| *mesa | *mesa | ‘alone’ (eng) | |
| *meti | *meti | ‘dried up, low tide’ (eng) | |
| *meɗa | *meɗa | ‘wake up’ (eng) | |
| *midu | *midu | ‘saliva, spit out’ (eng) | |
| *mii | *mii | ‘urine’ (eng) | |
| *mina | *mina | ‘delicious, comfortable, nice, fat, oil’ (eng) | |
| *miu | *miu | ‘whistle’ (eng) | |
| *mofa | *mofa | ‘grey hair’ (eng) | |
| *mofu | *mofu | ‘fall’ (eng) | |
| *mola | *mola | ‘joint, node’ (eng) | |
| *mone | *mone | ‘male, man’ (eng) | |
| *monu | *monu | ‘fall’ (eng) | |
| *moo | *moo | ‘bite, hold in mouth’ (eng) | |
| *mopu | *mopu | ‘dead palm, palm trunk’ (eng) | |
| *moris | *moris | ‘live’ (eng) | |
| *moɗe | *moɗe | ‘tobacco’ (eng) | |
| *moɗo | *moɗo | ‘green, yellow’ (eng) | |
| *mukə | *mukə | ‘dove’ (eng) | |
| *mulu | *mulu | ‘crazy’ (eng) | |
| *mumu | *mumu | ‘gargle, rinse’ (eng) | |
| *mumu | *mumu | ‘suck’ (eng) | |
| *munde | *munde | ‘citrus, lime (fruit)’ (eng) | |
| *muri | *muri | ‘last, youngest, west’ (eng) | |
| *muse | *muse | ‘civet’ (eng) | |
| *musi | *musi | ‘suck’ (eng) | |
| *musu | *musu | ‘enemy’ (eng) | |
| *muta | *muta | ‘vomit’ (eng) | |
| *muti | *muti | ‘white’ (eng) | |
| *muut | *muut | ‘mosquito, kind of insect’ (eng) | |
| *naa | *naa | ‘brother (of woman)’ (eng) | |
| *naa | *naa | ‘fibres’ (eng) | |
| *naa | *naa | ‘Pterocarpus indica’ (lat) | |
| *naa | *naa | ‘that, there’ (eng) | |
| *nade | *nade | ‘taro, grass’ (eng) | |
| *nae | *nae | ‘big, many, grow’ (eng) | |
| *nafu | *nafu | ‘anchor (v.)’ (eng) | |
| *nahe | *nahe | ‘mat’ (eng) | |
| *nako | *nako | ‘steal’ (eng) | |
| *nama | *nama | ‘creep’ (eng) | |
| *namba | *namba | ‘leaves covering fruit’ (eng) | |
| *namo | *namo | ‘beach, coast’ (eng) | |
| *namo | *namo | ‘Senna timoriensis’ (lat) | |
| *nana | *nana | ‘pus’ (eng) | |
| *naŋe | *naŋe | ‘swim’ (eng) | |
| *naru | *naru | ‘long, tall’ (eng) | |
| *nase | *nase | ‘fish, Blue‑spot mullet’ (eng) | |
| *nasi | *nasi | ‘Ziziphus oenoplia’ (lat) | |
| *nasu | *nasu | ‘boil, cook’ (eng) | |
| *natu | *natu | ‘gamete, ovary’ (eng) | |
| *natu-n | *natu-n | ‘hundred’ (eng) | |
| *naɗo | *naɗo | ‘look up’ (eng) | |
| *naʤa | *naʤa | ‘name’ (eng) | |
| *ndake | *ndake | ‘betel leaves’ (eng) | |
| *ndake ɓuʔu | *ndake ɓuʔu | ‘wild basil’ (eng) | |
| *ndaki | *ndaki | ‘leech, snake’ (eng) | |
| *ndaru | *ndaru | ‘cut’ (eng) | |
| *ndau | *ndau | ‘needle’ (eng) | |
| *ndefa | *ndefa | ‘landslide, cliff’ (eng) | |
| *ndelat | *ndelat | ‘lightning, gun’ (eng) | |
| *ndeli | *ndeli | ‘ring’ (eng) | |
| *ndesi | *ndesi | ‘nettle’ (eng) | |
| *ndiki | *ndiki | ‘ear’ (eng) | |
| *ndoo | *ndoo | ‘straight’ (eng) | |
| *ndoro | *ndoro | ‘walk around’ (eng) | |
| *ndoto | *ndoto | ‘hyacinth bean’ (eng) | |
| *ndou | *ndou | ‘nape of neck’ (eng) | |
| *ndui | *ndui | ‘draw water, scoop’ (eng) | |
| *nduna | *nduna | ‘nest’ (eng) | |
| *nee | *nee | ‘calm, quiet, still’ (eng) | |
| *nee | *nee | ‘six’ (eng) | |
| *nehi | *nehi | ‘mat, lie on’ (eng) | |
| *neko | *neko | ‘stomach, abomasum’ (eng) | |
| *nembə | *nembə | ‘hard, fixed’ (eng) | |
| *nene | *nene | ‘hear, listen’ (eng) | |
| *nene | *nene | ‘press, push’ (eng) | |
| *neo | *neo | ‘jealous’ (eng) | |
| *neru | *neru | ‘warm oneself’ (eng) | |
| *nesa | *nesa | ‘same’ (eng) | |
| *nesu | *nesu | ‘mortar’ (eng) | |
| *neta | *neta | ‘choke, suffocate’ (eng) | |
| *ŋaper | *ŋaper | ‘beckon’ (eng) | |
| *ŋato | *ŋato | ‘sew’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡadas | *ŋɡadas | ‘palate, throat, gills’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡaem | *ŋɡaem | ‘Terminalia catappa’ (lat) | |
| *ŋɡafat | *ŋɡafat | ‘fast, quick’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡafat | *ŋɡafat | ‘light (adj.)’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡafur | *ŋɡafur | ‘powder’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡai | *ŋɡai | ‘pick at, scratch’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡala | *ŋɡala | ‘Sesbania grandiflora’ (lat) | |
| *ŋɡaŋɡo | *ŋɡaŋɡo | ‘water spinach’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡarasa | *ŋɡarasa | ‘back’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡari | *ŋɡari | ‘scatter, sow’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡasi | *ŋɡasi | ‘shout, speak’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡela | *ŋɡela | ‘earwax’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡela | *ŋɡela | ‘eucalyptus, gum tree’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡeŋɡo | *ŋɡeŋɡo | ‘shake’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡeo | *ŋɡeo | ‘black’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡete | *ŋɡete | ‘pinch, bite off’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡeu | *ŋɡeu | ‘scrape, shave’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡeɓo | *ŋɡeɓo | ‘cut’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡeɗe | *ŋɡeɗe | ‘frog, croak’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡia | *ŋɡia | ‘parakeet’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡii | *ŋɡii | ‘bunch of fruit’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡirat | *ŋɡirat | ‘shrub’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡiro | *ŋɡiro | ‘lower head’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡoa | *ŋɡoa | ‘dumb, mute, stupid’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡois | *ŋɡois | ‘eel’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡola | *ŋɡola | ‘flying lizard, monitor lizard’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡoro | *ŋɡoro | ‘bark (v.)’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡoro | *ŋɡoro | ‘beard’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡoro | *ŋɡoro | ‘snout, snore’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡoti | *ŋɡoti | ‘back’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡout | *ŋɡout | ‘thorn’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡoʔu | *ŋɡoʔu | ‘big, great’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡua | *ŋɡua | ‘turtle’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡumu | *ŋɡumu | ‘fist, press, squeeze’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡuru | *ŋɡuru | ‘drone, growl’ (eng) | |
| *ŋɡuu | *ŋɡuu | ‘drone, howl’ (eng) | |
| *ŋilu | *ŋilu | ‘sour, tamarind’ (eng) | |
| *ŋoli | *ŋoli | ‘canine tooth, tusk’ (eng) | |
| *ŋoli | *ŋoli | ‘copulate’ (eng) | |
| *ŋura | *ŋura | ‘unripe, young, forest’ (eng) | |
| *nihe | *nihe | ‘ant’ (eng) | |
| *nihis | *nihis | ‘thin’ (eng) | |
| *niit | *niit | ‘crab’ (eng) | |
| *nimba | *nimba | ‘kind of fish’ (eng) | |
| *nini | *nini | ‘mosquito’ (eng) | |
| *nisi | *nisi | ‘tooth, teeth’ (eng) | |
| *nitas | *nitas | ‘Sterculia foetida’ (lat) | |
| *nitu | *nitu | ‘corpse, spirit’ (eng) | |
| *noe | *noe | ‘melt’ (eng) | |
| *noh | *noh | ‘coconut’ (eng) | |
| *noko | *noko | ‘shake’ (eng) | |
| *nori | *nori | ‘learn, teach’ (eng) | |
| *noto | *noto | ‘slow, sleepy’ (eng) | |
| *noɗo | *noɗo | ‘crawl’ (eng) | |
| *numbu | *numbu | ‘grow, sprout’ (eng) | |
| *nuŋa | *nuŋa | ‘kind of flowering tree’ (eng); ‘Cordia sp.’ (lat) | |
| *nunuh | *nunuh | ‘banyan’ (eng) | |
| *nusa | *nusa | ‘island, state’ (eng) | |
| *nuu | *nuu | ‘nest’ (eng) | |
| *nuu | *nuu | ‘possession’ (eng) | |
| *nuus | *nuus | ‘squid’ (eng) | |
| *nuʔa | *nuʔa | ‘scabies’ (eng) | |
| *oe | *oe | ‘water’ (eng) | |
| *ohi | *ohi | ‘almost’ (eng) | |
| *ohi | *ohi | ‘nearly’ (eng) | |
| *oka | *oka | ‘corral, pen’ (eng) | |
| *oka | *oka | ‘rooster’ (eng) | |
| *oken | *oken | ‘beckon, call’ (eng) | |
| *ombu | *ombu | ‘female animal’ (eng) | |
| *oo | *oo | ‘bamboo’ (eng) | |
| *oo | *oo | ‘with’ (eng) | |
| *osi | *osi | ‘garden’ (eng) | |
| *otas | *otas | ‘kind of insect’ (eng) | |
| *pande | *pande | ‘short’ (eng) | |
| *papa | *papa | ‘guard, protect’ (eng) | |
| *paru | *paru | ‘grate’ (eng) | |
| *paɗo | *paɗo | ‘octopus’ (eng) | |
| *peni | *peni | ‘saddle, base’ (eng) | |
| *piru | *piru | ‘sling’ (eng) | |
| *poka | *poka | ‘swell, fat’ (eng) | |
| *poke | *poke | ‘blind’ (eng) | |
| *poko | *poko | ‘plop’ (eng) | |
| *pupu | *pupu | ‘blow, blowgun’ (eng) | |
| *raho | *raho | ‘hearth’ (eng) | |
| *rates | *rates | ‘grave’ (eng) | |
| *raʔi | *raʔi | ‘bind, tie’ (eng) | |
| *raʔu | *raʔu | ‘scoop’ (eng) | |
| *ree | *ree | ‘wave’ (eng) | |
| *reha | *reha | ‘fathom (n.), span’ (eng) | |
| *rekət | *rekət | ‘brackish, sour, tart, suffering’ (eng) | |
| *reo | *reo | ‘turn around’ (eng) | |
| *rifu-n | *rifu-n | ‘thousand’ (eng) | |
| *rimbu | *rimbu | ‘abound, surround, teem’ (eng) | |
| *riŋin | *riŋin | ‘cold’ (eng) | |
| *roko | *roko | ‘rattle’ (eng) | |
| *roŋɡa | *roŋɡa | ‘corral, pen’ (eng) | |
| *rose | *rose | ‘rub, wipe’ (eng) | |
| *rou | *rou | ‘skin’ (eng) | |
| *roɗok | *roɗok | ‘crawl’ (eng) | |
| *ruku | *ruku | ‘bent’ (eng) | |
| *rumbi | *rumbi | ‘mantle’ (eng) | |
| *rumu | *rumu | ‘press’ (eng) | |
| *ruŋirai | *ruŋirai | ‘whale’ (eng) | |
| *rutus | *rutus | ‘rust’ (eng) | |
| *sadu | *sadu | ‘wig’ (eng) | |
| *safe | *safe | ‘Pisonia alba’ (lat) | |
| *saha | *saha | ‘carry on the shoulders’ (eng) | |
| *saha | *saha | ‘whetstone’ (eng) | |
| *sai | *sai | ‘flow’ (eng) | |
| *sai | *sai | ‘open’ (eng) | |
| *sai | *sai | ‘torn up’ (eng) | |
| *saka | *saka | ‘thigh, buttocks’ (eng) | |
| *sake | *sake | ‘go up, rise up’ (eng) | |
| *sakiki | *sakiki | ‘brush teeth’ (eng) | |
| *sakoro | *sakoro | ‘sip’ (eng) | |
| *sala | *sala | ‘wrong’ (eng) | |
| *sale | *sale | ‘sorry’ (eng) | |
| *salili | *salili | ‘armpit’ (eng) | |
| *sambat | *sambat | ‘bucket’ (eng) | |
| *sambi | *sambi | ‘debark’ (eng) | |
| *sambudas | *sambudas | ‘spurt’ (eng) | |
| *sanahulu | *sanahulu | ‘ten’ (eng) | |
| *sanasə | *sanasə | ‘breath, breathe, cheek’ (eng) | |
| *sandiit | *sandiit | ‘cicada, cricket’ (eng) | |
| *saŋɡeŋɡer | *saŋɡeŋɡer | ‘startle, surprise, frighten’ (eng) | |
| *saŋɡuma | *saŋɡuma | ‘hermit crab’ (eng) | |
| *sanu | *sanu | ‘kind of coconut’ (eng) | |
| *sao | *sao | ‘marry’ (eng) | |
| *sao | *sao | ‘snake, viper’ (eng) | |
| *sara | *sara | ‘loose, spread out’ (eng) | |
| *saraa | *saraa | ‘light (n.), shine, sunbeam’ (eng) | |
| *sarait | *sarait | ‘lean’ (eng) | |
| *sarakaen | *sarakaen | ‘sand’ (eng) | |
| *sasi | *sasi | ‘overflow’ (eng) | |
| *sau | *sau | ‘bite’ (eng) | |
| *sau | *sau | ‘comb’ (eng) | |
| *sau | *sau | ‘pick’ (eng) | |
| *saɓake | *saɓake | ‘branch’ (eng) | |
| *saɓuu | *saɓuu | ‘inflated, smoke’ (eng) | |
| *saɗa | *saɗa | ‘cut, peel’ (eng) | |
| *saɗi | *saɗi | ‘as long as, while’ (eng) | |
| *saɗodo | *saɗodo | ‘slide’ (eng) | |
| *see | *see | ‘who?’ (eng) | |
| *sefe | *sefe | ‘paddle’ (eng) | |
| *sefi | *sefi | ‘untie’ (eng) | |
| *seke | *seke | ‘force, stuck’ (eng) | |
| *seko | *seko | ‘fishing, hunt’ (eng) | |
| *sela | *sela | ‘coarse, rough’ (eng) | |
| *selut | *selut | ‘exchange, replace’ (eng) | |
| *selə | *selə | ‘plant (v.)’ (eng) | |
| *sembo | *sembo | ‘barter, exchange, swap’ (eng) | |
| *seŋa | *seŋa | ‘fry’ (eng) | |
| *seŋɡi | *seŋɡi | ‘harvest, snap off’ (eng) | |
| *seo | *seo | ‘whisper’ (eng) | |
| *seru | *seru | ‘weave, weaving sword of loom’ (eng) | |
| *sesə | *sesə | ‘cram’ (eng) | |
| *seti | *seti | ‘tight, packed, force’ (eng) | |
| *seu | *seu | ‘pick’ (eng) | |
| *seɗa | *seɗa | ‘kind of coral’ (eng) | |
| *seɗo | *seɗo | ‘mix’ (eng) | |
| *seʔi | *seʔi | ‘roast’ (eng) | |
| *sifi | *sifi | ‘braid’ (eng) | |
| *sii | *sii | ‘shellfish’ (eng) | |
| *sii | *sii | ‘tie up, snare’ (eng) | |
| *sika | *sika | ‘open’ (eng) | |
| *siku | *siku | ‘elbow’ (eng) | |
| *sikəh | *sikəh | ‘part of loom, rod, lath’ (eng) | |
| *simo | *simo | ‘receive’ (eng) | |
| *sina | *sina | ‘light (n.)’ (eng) | |
| *sinaraʔe | *sinaraʔe | ‘bird, kingfisher’ (eng) | |
| *siŋɡa | *siŋɡa | ‘open’ (eng) | |
| *sinor | *sinor | ‘maggots’ (eng) | |
| *sio | *sio | ‘nine’ (eng) | |
| *sira | *sira | ‘3PL, they, them’ (eng) | |
| *siɗa | *siɗa | ‘rip’ (eng) | |
| *soda | *soda | ‘space’ (eng) | |
| *soe | *soe | ‘disaster’ (eng) | |
| *soeneru | *soeneru | ‘umbrella, leaf’ (eng) | |
| *soi | *soi | ‘open’ (eng) | |
| *soi | *soi | ‘ransom’ (eng) | |
| *soka | *soka | ‘kind of sack’ (eng) | |
| *soke | *soke | ‘pick out, scoop’ (eng) | |
| *sokum | *sokum | ‘galangal’ (eng) | |
| *soo | *soo | ‘sew’ (eng) | |
| *soro | *soro | ‘scoop, spoon’ (eng) | |
| *soso | *soso | ‘peel’ (eng) | |
| *soɗa | *soɗa | ‘sing’ (eng) | |
| *sua | *sua | ‘digging stick’ (eng) | |
| *sufu | *sufu | ‘cool (v.)’ (eng) | |
| *suhat | *suhat | ‘comb’ (eng) | |
| *suhu | *suhu | ‘edge’ (eng) | |
| *suku | *suku | ‘breadfruit’ (eng) | |
| *sulə | *sulə | ‘plug’ (eng) | |
| *suma | *suma | ‘steam, vapour’ (eng) | |
| *sumanə | *sumanə | ‘spirit’ (eng) | |
| *suŋɡə | *suŋɡə | ‘cheek hollow’ (eng) | |
| *sunu | *sunu | ‘kind of fish’ (eng) | |
| *sura | *sura | ‘horn’ (eng) | |
| *sure | *sure | ‘caltrop’ (eng) | |
| *sure | *sure | ‘sword’ (eng) | |
| *suru | *suru | ‘scoop, spoon’ (eng) | |
| *susi | *susi | ‘investigate, walk around’ (eng) | |
| *susu | *susu | ‘breast’ (eng) | |
| *susu | *susu | ‘tax’ (eng) | |
| *suti | *suti | ‘conch, nautilus, kind of shell, volute’ (eng) | |
| *suu | *suu | ‘carry on head’ (eng) | |
| *suu | *suu | ‘scrape, scratch’ (eng) | |
| *suɓa | *suɓa | ‘bury’ (eng) | |
| *səru | *səru | ‘greet, meet’ (eng) | |
| *səu | *səu | ‘Alstonia villosa’ (lat) | |
| *taa | *taa | ‘endure’ (eng) | |
| *taa | *taa | ‘track’ (eng) | |
| *taa | *taa | ‘unhusked rice’ (eng) | |
| *tadeŋɡus | *tadeŋɡus | ‘dove’ (eng) | |
| *tae | *tae | ‘mantis, shrimp’ (eng) | |
| *tafa | *tafa | ‘machete, sword’ (eng) | |
| *taha | *taha | ‘answer’ (eng) | |
| *tahi | *tahi | ‘winnow’ (eng) | |
| *tai | *tai | ‘excrement, faeces, stomach, belly’ (eng) | |
| *tai | *tai | ‘stick to’ (eng) | |
| *tairua | *tairua | ‘half’ (eng) | |
| *tais | *tais | ‘cloth, sarong’ (eng) | |
| *taku | *taku | ‘fear, scared’ (eng) | |
| *talaɗa | *talaɗa | ‘centre, middle’ (eng) | |
| *tales | *tales | ‘taro’ (eng) | |
| *tali | *tali | ‘rope’ (eng) | |
| *talin | *talin | ‘money’ (eng) | |
| *tama | *tama | ‘fit together’ (eng) | |
| *tamae | *tamae | ‘bedbug’ (eng) | |
| *tamba | *tamba | ‘join, patch’ (eng) | |
| *tamba | *tamba | ‘throw’ (eng) | |
| *tambele | *tambele | ‘hang, spread out, fly (v.)’ (eng) | |
| *tamo | *tamo | ‘ancestral name’ (eng) | |
| *tamu | *tamu | ‘close mouth, chew’ (eng) | |
| *tana | *tana | ‘cover’ (eng) | |
| *tana | *tana | ‘crisp, dried’ (eng) | |
| *tande | *tande | ‘sharp’ (eng) | |
| *tane | *tane | ‘ask’ (eng) | |
| *tane | *tane | ‘mud’ (eng) | |
| *tanee | *tanee | ‘contain’ (eng) | |
| *taŋɡa | *taŋɡa | ‘Millingtonia hortensis’ (lat) | |
| *tao | *tao | ‘put, place, do’ (eng) | |
| *tara | *tara | ‘adze’ (eng) | |
| *taruku | *taruku | ‘chiton’ (eng) | |
| *tasa | *tasa | ‘cooked, ripe’ (eng) | |
| *tasi | *tasi | ‘ocean, sea’ (eng) | |
| *tata | *tata | ‘chop, split’ (eng) | |
| *tati | *tati | ‘chop, cut’ (eng) | |
| *tatə | *tatə | ‘boy, older sibling’ (eng) | |
| *taum | *taum | ‘indigo’ (eng) | |
| *taun | *taun | ‘year’ (eng) | |
| *taɓu | *taɓu | ‘step, tread’ (eng) | |
| *taɗu | *taɗu | ‘opposite’ (eng) | |
| *tea | *tea | ‘arrive’ (eng) | |
| *teas | *teas | ‘heartwood’ (eng) | |
| *tee | *tee | ‘spear’ (eng) | |
| *tefe | *tefe | ‘broken, tired’ (eng) | |
| *tefu | *tefu | ‘sugarcane’ (eng) | |
| *teka | *teka | ‘call, greet’ (eng) | |
| *teke | *teke | ‘gecko’ (eng) | |
| *tekə | *tekə | ‘staff, walking stick’ (eng) | |
| *telu | *telu | ‘three’ (eng) | |
| *tema | *tema | ‘eagle’ (eng) | |
| *tema | *tema | ‘entire, whole’ (eng) | |
| *temba | *temba | ‘sardine’ (eng) | |
| *temə | *temə | ‘accustomed’ (eng) | |
| *tena | *tena | ‘alight’ (eng) | |
| *tena | *tena | ‘sink, submerge’ (eng) | |
| *tendə | *tendə | ‘breast, heart, lungs, ribs’ (eng) | |
| *tene | *tene | ‘mangrove’ (eng); ‘Ceriops’ (lat) | |
| *tenu | *tenu | ‘weave’ (eng) | |
| *teri | *teri | ‘giant bamboo’ (eng); ‘Dendrocalamus’ (lat) | |
| *tesa | *tesa | ‘sunset’ (eng) | |
| *teta | *teta | ‘cut, mince’ (eng) | |
| *tete | *tete | ‘dam, dyke’ (eng) | |
| *tetu | *tetu | ‘midday’ (eng) | |
| *tetu | *tetu | ‘upright’ (eng) | |
| *teu | *teu | ‘dove’ (eng) | |
| *teu | *teu | ‘pigeon’ (eng) | |
| *teɓes | *teɓes | ‘true’ (eng) | |
| *teɓi | *teɓi | ‘break, crumble up’ (eng) | |
| *teɗe | *teɗe | ‘crush, press’ (eng) | |
| *tiam | *tiam | ‘oyster’ (eng) | |
| *tii | *tii | ‘sea urchin’ (eng) | |
| *tila | *tila | ‘vagina’ (eng) | |
| *timi | *timi | ‘chin’ (eng) | |
| *timu | *timu | ‘east wind’ (eng) | |
| *timu | *timu | ‘watermelon, cucumber, papaya’ (eng) | |
| *tina | *tina | ‘field, garden’ (eng) | |
| *tiŋɡa | *tiŋɡa | ‘heel’ (eng) | |
| *tino | *tino | ‘mirror, peer’ (eng) | |
| *tiri | *tiri | ‘drip’ (eng) | |
| *tiro | *tiro | ‘mirror, visit’ (eng) | |
| *tisa | *tisa | ‘pour’ (eng) | |
| *titi | *titi | ‘drip’ (eng) | |
| *tiɓa | *tiɓa | ‘bamboo container’ (eng) | |
| *tiɗo | *tiɗo | ‘tuber’ (eng) | |
| *ti(ʔ)o | *ti(ʔ)o | ‘goatfish’ (eng) | |
| *tofa | *tofa | ‘quarrel’ (eng) | |
| *tofa | *tofa | ‘weed (v.)’ (eng) | |
| *toka | *toka | ‘impede’ (eng) | |
| *toki | *toki | ‘dig out’ (eng) | |
| *toko | *toko | ‘beat, knock’ (eng) | |
| *toŋɡo | *toŋɡo | ‘come together, meet’ (eng) | |
| *tou | *tou | ‘man, person’ (eng) | |
| *toɓi | *toɓi | ‘hot’ (eng) | |
| *toɗi | *toɗi | ‘protuberance, stick out’ (eng) | |
| *toʔis | *toʔis | ‘horn (instrument), triton shell’ (eng) | |
| *toʔo | *toʔo | ‘older brother, maternal uncle’ (eng) | |
| *tua | *tua | ‘big, size’ (eng) | |
| *tua | *tua | ‘lontar palm’ (eng) | |
| *tua | *tua | ‘lord, owner, person’ (eng) | |
| *tudui | *tudui | ‘owl’ (eng) | |
| *tufa | *tufa | ‘Derris elliptica’ (lat) | |
| *tufu | *tufu | ‘hit, punch’ (eng) | |
| *tui | *tui | ‘carve, stripe, write’ (eng) | |
| *tui | *tui | ‘Dolichandrone spathacea’ (lat) | |
| *tuin | *tuin | ‘follow’ (eng) | |
| *tuke | *tuke | ‘bamboo container’ (eng) | |
| *tuku | *tuku | ‘row’ (eng) | |
| *tuku | *tuku | ‘throw’ (eng) | |
| *tula | *tula | ‘gebang palm’ (eng) | |
| *tuli | *tuli | ‘stop by’ (eng) | |
| *tuma | *tuma | ‘clothes louse’ (eng) | |
| *tumbi | *tumbi | ‘kind of tree’ (eng) | |
| *tumbu | *tumbu | ‘abundant, heap’ (eng) | |
| *tuna | *tuna | ‘freshwater eel’ (eng) | |
| *tuni | *tuni | ‘press’ (eng) | |
| *tunu | *tunu | ‘roast’ (eng) | |
| *tunu | *tunu | ‘stub, stumble’ (eng) | |
| *turis | *turis | ‘pigeon pea’ (eng) | |
| *turu | *turu | ‘leak, overflow’ (eng) | |
| *tusi | *tusi | ‘rub’ (eng) | |
| *tusi | *tusi | ‘split’ (eng) | |
| *tute | *tute | ‘join’ (eng) | |
| *tutu | *tutu | ‘beat, pound’ (eng) | |
| *tuur | *tuur | ‘sit’ (eng) | |
| *tuɗu | *tuɗu | ‘point’ (eng) | |
| *təlo | *təlo | ‘egg’ (eng) | |
| *uas | *uas | ‘jicama, tuber’ (eng); ‘Pachyrhizus erosus’ (lat) | |
| *uat | *uat | ‘tendon, vein, muscle, palm line’ (eng) | |
| *ue | *ue | ‘rattan’ (eng) | |
| *ufi | *ufi | ‘yam, tuber’ (eng) | |
| *ule | *ule | ‘wring’ (eng) | |
| *uli | *uli | ‘rudder’ (eng) | |
| *ulu | *ulu | ‘front, headhair’ (eng) | |
| *ulə | *ulə | ‘snake, worm, creature’ (eng) | |
| *uma | *uma | ‘house’ (eng) | |
| *umbu | *umbu | ‘grandchild’ (eng) | |
| *undu | *undu | ‘bore (hole)’ (eng) | |
| *unə | *unə | ‘scale’ (eng) | |
| *ura | *ura | ‘palm line’ (eng) | |
| *usi | *usi | ‘chase, pursue’ (eng) | |
| *utan | *utan | ‘vegetables’ (eng) | |
| *uti | *uti | ‘penis’ (eng) | |
| *uu | *uu | ‘oink’ (eng) | |
| *uut | *uut | ‘chaff’ (eng) | |
| *uɗan | *uɗan | ‘rain’ (eng) | |
| *wani | *wani | ‘bee’ (eng) | |
| *waɗi | *waɗi | ‘younger sibling’ (eng) | |
| *ɓaat | *ɓaat | ‘across’ (eng) | |
| *ɓaat | *ɓaat | ‘crossbeam’ (eng) | |
| *ɓafa | *ɓafa | ‘mouth’ (eng) | |
| *ɓafa | *ɓafa | ‘valley’ (eng) | |
| *ɓaiafa | *ɓaiafa | ‘monitor lizard’ (eng) | |
| *ɓakos | *ɓakos | ‘barn owl’ (eng) | |
| *ɓalafo | *ɓalafo | ‘Mallotus philippensis’ (lat) | |
| *ɓali | *ɓali | ‘mix’ (eng) | |
| *ɓanafi | *ɓanafi | ‘sea cucumber’ (eng) | |
| *ɓandae | *ɓandae | ‘hang over, hover’ (eng) | |
| *ɓaraka | *ɓaraka | ‘box’ (eng) | |
| *ɓasoko | *ɓasoko | ‘dance, sway’ (eng) | |
| *ɓasoko | *ɓasoko | ‘slant’ (eng) | |
| *ɓate | *ɓate | ‘edible grub’ (eng) | |
| *ɓati | *ɓati | ‘distribute, divide, share’ (eng) | |
| *ɓau | *ɓau | ‘bat, flying fox’ (eng) | |
| *ɓaʔi | *ɓaʔi | ‘grandfather’ (eng) | |
| *ɓaʔu | *ɓaʔu | ‘many, several’ (eng) | |
| *ɓee | *ɓee | ‘at, in’ (eng) | |
| *ɓee | *ɓee | ‘where’ (eng) | |
| *ɓei | *ɓei | ‘grandmother’ (eng) | |
| *ɓeis | *ɓeis | ‘crocodile’ (eng) | |
| *ɓeki | *ɓeki | ‘strong, capable, able’ (eng) | |
| *ɓeko | *ɓeko | ‘shake, sway’ (eng) | |
| *ɓeku | *ɓeku | ‘bend’ (eng) | |
| *ɓela | *ɓela | ‘spread out, unroll’ (eng) | |
| *ɓesa | *ɓesa | ‘Vachellia leucophloea’ (lat) | |
| *ɓeta | *ɓeta | ‘cut vegetation’ (eng) | |
| *ɓetu | *ɓetu | ‘bent, folded, flexible’ (eng) | |
| *ɓetə | *ɓetə | ‘tense, tight’ (eng) | |
| *ɓeɓa | *ɓeɓa | ‘palm leaf stem’ (eng) | |
| *ɓeʔe | *ɓeʔe | ‘awake’ (eng) | |
| *ɓia | *ɓia | ‘split’ (eng) | |
| *ɓife | *ɓife | ‘lip’ (eng) | |
| *ɓina | *ɓina | ‘kind of shell’ (eng) | |
| *ɓisu | *ɓisu | ‘pimple, ulcer’ (eng) | |
| *ɓiti | *ɓiti | ‘pinch’ (eng) | |
| *ɓiti | *ɓiti | ‘scorpion’ (eng) | |
| *ɓitinaa | *ɓitinaa | ‘Kleinhovia hospita’ (lat) | |
| *ɓiɓi | *ɓiɓi | ‘goat, sheep’ (eng) | |
| *ɓo/lau | *ɓo/lau | ‘speech’ (eng) | |
| *ɓoho | *ɓoho | ‘cough’ (eng) | |
| *ɓoki | *ɓoki | ‘container, coconut shell’ (eng) | |
| *ɓole | *ɓole | ‘areng palm’ (eng) | |
| *ɓolo | *ɓolo | ‘hole’ (eng) | |
| *ɓona | *ɓona | ‘fragrant pandanus’ (eng) | |
| *ɓone | *ɓone | ‘circle dance’ (eng) | |
| *ɓoŋɡo | *ɓoŋɡo | ‘gourd, pumpkin, squash’ (eng) | |
| *ɓoŋɡo | *ɓoŋɡo | ‘round’ (eng) | |
| *ɓoni | *ɓoni | ‘hang, depending’ (eng) | |
| *ɓoto | *ɓoto | ‘fontanelle’ (eng) | |
| *ɓoto | *ɓoto | ‘Millettia pinnata’ (lat) | |
| *ɓoto | *ɓoto | ‘mutter, whisper’ (eng) | |
| *ɓoto | *ɓoto | ‘neck’ (eng) | |
| *ɓua | *ɓua | ‘gather’ (eng) | |
| *ɓuas | *ɓuas | ‘equipment, thing’ (eng) | |
| *ɓuit | *ɓuit | ‘ant’ (eng) | |
| *ɓuit | *ɓuit | ‘backside, rear’ (eng) | |
| *ɓuku | *ɓuku | ‘joint, node’ (eng) | |
| *ɓula | *ɓula | ‘open the eyes’ (eng) | |
| *ɓuna | *ɓuna | ‘blossom, flower’ (eng) | |
| *ɓunda | *ɓunda | ‘fat-bellied’ (eng) | |
| *ɓuni | *ɓuni | ‘Cassia sp.’ (lat) | |
| *ɓusa | *ɓusa | ‘dog’ (eng) | |
| *ɓusu | *ɓusu | ‘cotton bow’ (eng) | |
| *ɓuɓu | *ɓuɓu | ‘boil, bubble’ (eng) | |
| *ɓuə | *ɓuə | ‘frizzy’ (eng) | |
| *ɓuə | *ɓuə | ‘hair’ (eng) | |
| *ɗada | *ɗada | ‘roast, warm (v.)’ (eng) | |
| *ɗade | *ɗade | ‘basil’ (eng) | |
| *ɗafu | *ɗafu | ‘chaotic, random, useless’ (eng) | |
| *ɗai | *ɗai | ‘arrive, reach’ (eng) | |
| *ɗai | *ɗai | ‘put’ (eng) | |
| *ɗalan | *ɗalan | ‘course, path, road, way’ (eng) | |
| *ɗama | *ɗama | ‘gum, resin, plaster, concrete’ (eng) | |
| *ɗaŋɡa | *ɗaŋɡa | ‘cross, step over’ (eng) | |
| *ɗano | *ɗano | ‘lake’ (eng) | |
| *ɗasi | *ɗasi | ‘affair, discussion, matter, speech’ (eng) | |
| *ɗee | *ɗee | ‘so, then’ (eng) | |
| *ɗee | *ɗee | ‘which’ (eng) | |
| *ɗeha | *ɗeha | ‘speak’ (eng) | |
| *ɗeke | *ɗeke | ‘pip, seed’ (eng) | |
| *ɗele | *ɗele | ‘Job’s tears’ (eng) | |
| *ɗeli | *ɗeli | ‘tendril, vine’ (eng) | |
| *ɗene | *ɗene | ‘field, garden’ (eng) | |
| *ɗenu | *ɗenu | ‘command, order’ (eng) | |
| *ɗere | *ɗere | ‘beat (drum)’ (eng) | |
| *ɗero | *ɗero | ‘citrus, lemon, orange (fruit)’ (eng) | |
| *ɗeta | *ɗeta | ‘dip’ (eng) | |
| *ɗeu | *ɗeu | ‘make fire’ (eng) | |
| *ɗii | *ɗii | ‘whinny’ (eng) | |
| *ɗiki | *ɗiki | ‘child, small’ (eng) | |
| *ɗila | *ɗila | ‘glitter, shine’ (eng) | |
| *ɗila | *ɗila | ‘wing’ (eng) | |
| *ɗilah | *ɗilah | ‘Aegle marmelos’ (lat) | |
| *ɗio | *ɗio | ‘crushed grain’ (eng) | |
| *ɗitə | *ɗitə | ‘gum, resin, stick to, sticky’ (eng) | |
| *ɗoa | *ɗoa | ‘belch, burp’ (eng) | |
| *ɗoa | *ɗoa | ‘vomit’ (eng) | |
| *ɗoi | *ɗoi | ‘carry’ (eng) | |
| *ɗoka | *ɗoka | ‘knee cavity’ (eng) | |
| *ɗoki | *ɗoki | ‘desire’ (eng) | |
| *ɗole | *ɗole | ‘brains, marrow’ (eng) | |
| *ɗolu | *ɗolu | ‘draw water’ (eng) | |
| *ɗolu | *ɗolu | ‘fish (v.)’ (eng) | |
| *ɗolu | *ɗolu | ‘lower’ (eng) | |
| *ɗombe | *ɗombe | ‘knee cavity’ (eng) | |
| *ɗoo | *ɗoo | ‘distant, far’ (eng) | |
| *ɗosa | *ɗosa | ‘vinegar’ (eng) | |
| *ɗoto | *ɗoto | ‘noise, sound, thunder’ (eng) | |
| *ɗoɗo | *ɗoɗo | ‘kill, stab’ (eng) | |
| *ɗoʔi | *ɗoʔi | ‘lever’ (eng) | |
| *ɗula | *ɗula | ‘carve, engrave, tattoo, pattern’ (eng) | |
| *ɗuŋɡu | *ɗuŋɡu | ‘insert’ (eng) | |
| *ɗuɗi | *ɗuɗi | ‘bow (v.), crouch, stoop’ (eng) | |
| *ɗuɗu | *ɗuɗu | ‘oakum’ (eng) | |
| *ɗuɗu | *ɗuɗu | ‘tinder’ (eng) | |
| *ɗəma | *ɗəma | ‘deep’ (eng) | |
| *ɗəma | *ɗəma | ‘drown’ (eng) | |
| *ɗəmbə | *ɗəmbə | ‘dip’ (eng) | |
| *əmə | *əmə | ‘come, from’ (eng) | |
| *əndi | *əndi | ‘bring, take’ (eng) | |
| *əu | *əu | ‘for’ (eng) | |
| *əu | *əu | ‘go’ (eng) | |
| *əu | *əu | ‘tired’ (eng) | |
| *‑uki | *‑uki | ‘exist, have, own, wealth’ (eng) |