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