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Mead (1998a): Proto-Bungku-Tolaki

Original citation: Mead, David. 1998. Proto-Bungku-Tolaki: Reconstruction of its phonology and aspects of its morphosyntax. PhD thesis, Rice University.

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*aaN

‘hole, conduit, interior’

*aaQ

‘waist, loins’

*ahaq

‘sharpen’

*ahiN

‘salty’

*ahu

‘smoke’

*ahuR

‘bamboo water container’

*-ai

‘burn’

*ala

‘take’

*ala°

‘rice barn’

*alu

‘pestle’

*ampah-i

‘spread out’

*ampa°

‘trap with bamboo spikes’

*ampoN

‘forgiveness’

*-anaN

‘right’

*anaN

‘weave’

*anaQ

‘child, offspring’

*ane

‘termite’

*anu

‘whatsit’

*apuy

‘fire’

*apu°

‘lord, king’

*aRa°

‘great’

*ari°

‘finish, already’

*aroQ

‘front’

*asa

‘one (bound numeral)’

*asa

‘one (indepedent numeral)’

*ase

‘chin’

*asi°

‘squeeze’

*ate

‘liver’

*atiho°

‘sneeze’

*atoQ

‘roofing thatch’

*auN

‘sadness, longing’

*awo°

‘step- (relationship in a blended family)’

*awu

‘ashes’

*awuQ

‘dust’

*bahoq

‘wet, bathe’

*baki°

‘k.o. basket’

*bali

‘enemy’

*bali°

‘allow, change, become’

*balo°

‘fat, thick’

*bangkaq

‘boat’

*beaQ

‘heavy’

*benu

‘coconut husk’

*bewe°

‘wind (around)’

*bibi°

‘lips’

*bine

‘seed rice, rice seedling’

*bintan-i

‘leave’

*biriN

‘ear, edge’

*boke°

‘tie’

*bongo°

‘deaf’

*bonto°

‘wet’

*boro°

‘mucus’

*bose

‘oar, paddle’

*botoN

‘body, main part’

*botoN

‘seed, classfier’

*bue°

‘cradle, swing’

*buke

‘full’

*buku lale°

‘ankle’

*bumbung-aN

‘ridge of roof’

*bunga°

‘flower’

*bungka°

‘crab’

*bungku°

‘back’

*buroto°

‘mosquito’

*buso°

‘high tide’

*butuN

‘only, just’

*butu°

‘go toward’

*dahu°

‘dog’

*doa°

‘count’

*donta°

‘fall’

*dopi°

‘board, plank’

*duku°

‘winnowing tray«nyiru»’

*dulaN

‘tray, basin’

*dungku°

‘arrive’

*ehe°

‘want, desire’

*elo°

‘tongue’

*elu

‘orphan’

*eme

‘urine’

*enge°

‘nose’

*enuq

‘beads, necklace’

*epe°

‘swamp, marshy area’

*etu°

‘hundred’

*eu°

‘substitute, replacement’

*garu

‘stir’

*gau°

‘speak (deceptively)’

*gawuQ

‘fog’

*gele

‘laugh, tickle’

*geru°

‘scratch’

*giliN

‘grind’

*gili°

‘turn around, rotate’

*golu°

‘ball’

*hai

‘burn’

*hakaQ

‘root’

*hakiQ

‘pain, sickness’

*halaq

‘fault, debt’

*halu

‘eight (bound numeral)’

*hanaN

‘right’

*hapa

‘what’

*hapu°

‘deny’

*hawa°

‘think about, remember’

*hawuR

‘sow (by scattering)’

*hea°

‘slice’

*hela°

‘mix’

*heoN

‘ant’

*hiku

‘elbow’

*hiwu°

‘small’

*ho

‘one’

*hoalu

‘eight (independent numeral)’

*hoani

‘bee’

*hoa°

‘hornbill’

*hodu

‘hiccough’

*holay

‘fry without oil’

*holua°

‘ladle’

*hopa°

‘bark’

*hori

‘side’

*horo°

‘floor’

*horu

‘weave’

*hule(r,t)i

‘repeat’

*hule°

‘heart’

*huloy

‘top (toy)’

*huluq

‘torch, resin’

*hunuR

‘burn’

*(i,u)saQ

‘ladder’

*(i,u)saQ

‘pound, stamp’

*ia°

‘live, stay, reside’

*ihi

‘contents, flesh’

*ihuQ

‘rib’

*ikaN

‘fish’

*ikuR

‘tail’

*ila

‘wild (undomesticated)’

*ilaN

‘lost’

*ili

‘go downstream’

*inalahi

‘forest’

*inaquR

‘descend’

*inia°

‘place, village’

*in-ipiaN

‘when? (past)’

*in-ipua°

‘day before yesterday’

*inuN

‘drink’

*ipali

‘forbidden, taboo’

*ipi

‘dream’

*ipo°

‘cockroach’

*itoluR

‘egg’

*itoN

‘black’

*iwoi°

‘water’

*kaaN

‘eat’

*kadadi°

‘animal’

*kaho

‘rafter’

*kaiQ

‘hook’

*kalu°

‘curly (hair)’

*kambaN

‘swelling’

*kangga°

‘spider’

*kapaQ

‘flap, flutter’

*kapa°

‘thick’

*kaRa°

‘bite’

*karu°

‘leg, foot’

*kasi°

‘tongs, pinchers’

*kato°

‘itch, itchy’

*kawo°

‘beat bark cloth’

*kayu

‘wood’

*kea-kea°

‘parrot or cockatoo’

*keke°

‘armpit’

*keke°

‘dig’

*kela°

‘gourd, pumpkin’

*kena°

‘alike, similar’

*keru°

‘scrape, grate’

*kiki°

‘bite’

*kilaQ

‘lightning’

*kima

‘shell’

*kinowiaN

‘evening’

*kire

‘eyebrow’

*kita

‘see’

*koa°

‘enough, sufficient, (for) each and every’

*koea°

‘fruit bat’

*kolopua°

‘tortoise’

*koloro°

‘rope’

*kolupe

‘forget’

*kompisi°

‘cheek’

*kompoN

‘stomach, intestines’

*kona

‘hit, touch’

*kona

‘true, right’

*konuai°

‘millipede’

*koo°

‘tie’

*kopuN

‘embrace’

*kora°

‘strong’

*kori°

‘skin disease’

*kotu°

‘pick, break off’

*kua°

‘industrious’

*kuhe

‘marsupial’

*kuku

‘nail, hoof, claw’

*kukuti

‘pinch, squeeze’

*kulaQ

‘hot’

*kuliQ

‘skin’

*kulisi

‘peel’

*kuluri°

‘parrot, parakeet’

*kumbi°

‘skin disease’

*kundoN

‘rain cloud’

*kuni

‘tumeric’

*kuni°

‘yellow’

*kuroN

‘cooking pot’

*kuru°

‘scrape’

*kutu

‘louse’

*(l,n)anguy

‘swim’

*laa°

‘fly’

*laa°

‘internode’

*laa°

‘spread out over space or time’

*laa°

‘stem, trunk’

*laa°

‘streambed’

*labu°

‘iron’

*laha°

‘search for’

*lako

‘go’

*lalo

‘pass, exceed’

*laloy

‘fly’

*langkai

‘great, male’

*langku°

‘strike’

*langu

‘dizzy, drunk’

*lanu°

‘palm species’

*lapi°

‘layer’

*laroN

‘inside’

*lau°

‘proceed directly’

*lawaN

‘oppose, respond’

*layu

‘run, flee’

*layu

‘wither’

*lea°

‘flame, spicy’

*lelu°

‘earthquake’

*lemba°

‘carry on the shoulders’

*lemo

‘citrus fruit’

*lepa°

‘sit with knees bent to one side’

*leu°

‘arrive’

*lewe°

‘flat, broad’

*libu°

‘move in a circle’

*lili°

‘go around’

*lima

‘five (bound numeral)’

*limpa°

‘go, walk’

*lingaa°

‘clear, bright’

*lino

‘clear (water)’

*lino°

‘world’

*lintaq

‘leech’

*liqoha

‘nit’

*lokat-i

‘peel, lift’

*lolai°

‘umbilical cord’

*lolawu°

‘crazy’

*lomba°

‘hole, perforation’

*longko°

‘loose’

*lons(i,o)°

‘jump’

*lonto

‘float’

*loqia

‘ginger’

*lotu°

‘break’

*lowuR

‘deep water, flood’

*luarako

‘bring out, expel’

*lua°

‘broad, wide’

*lua°

‘empty, expel’

*luku°

‘fold’

*lulu°

‘pursue, run’

*luwu°

‘all, collective’

*maa°

‘yawn’

*mai

‘come’

*maloy

‘tired’

*mamak-i

‘chew’’

*mami°

‘sweet’

*manasa°

‘surely’

*manuQ

‘chicken’

*mata

‘eye’

*mataq

‘unripe’

*mate

‘dead’

*meaq

‘red’

*meeq

‘afraid’

*meha°

‘some, portion of’

*moa°

‘air, atmosphere, outside, empty’

*moiko°

‘good, appealing’

*moo-moo°

‘smile’

*mori°

‘k.o. bat’

*naa

‘breathe’

*naa°

‘put, place, store’

*nahu

‘cook (by boiling)’

*nami°

‘taste’

*nanaq

‘pus’

*nani

‘sing’

*nduu-nduu

‘crashing, booming sound’

*neaN

‘tame’

*ngamba°

‘leprosy’

*nganga

‘interior of mouth’

*ngapa°

‘site along shoreline where boats are kept’

*ngaqe°

‘headhunt’

*ngara°

‘palate’

*ngare°

‘lazy’

*ngeaN

‘name’

*ngilu

‘set teeth on edge’

*ngisi

‘tooth’

*ngolu°

‘dew’

*ngoni

‘request’

*ngura

‘young’

*ngusu

‘snout’

*niniQ

‘mosquito’

*nipiQ

‘thin (objects)’

*nohuN

‘rice mortar’

*nomo

‘six (bound numeral)’

*ohia

‘salt’

*olai°

‘far’

*olaroN

‘deep’

*oleo

‘day’

*o-lima

‘five (independent numeral)’

*olimpopoQ

‘firefly’

*olipaN

‘centipede’

*oliwi°

‘advice, instruction’

*oli°

‘buy’

*olo-N-tuu°

‘knee’

*oloQ

‘space between’

*ondaloN

‘deep’

*onda°

‘scale (of fish)’

*one

‘sand’

*ongo°

‘harmful insect’

*onia°

‘raft’

*onitu

‘ghost, spirit’

*ontoN

‘see’

*o-o(m)paQ

‘four’ (independent numeral)’

*o-onoN

‘six’ (independent numeral)’

*o-pitu

‘seven (independent numeral)’

*opoyu

‘gall bladder’

*opu°

‘use up’

*oqow-i

‘lie prone, brood’

*o-rua

‘two (independent numeral)’

*oru°

‘early’

*o-sio

‘nine (independent numeral)’

*ota°

‘chaff’

*oti

‘ebb’

*o-tolu

‘three (independent numeral)’

*owose°

‘big, large’

*(p,k,s,h)ule

‘return’

*pae

‘field rice’

*paho°

‘plant’

*pakaN

‘feed’

*pake

‘use’

*paku

‘ferns’

*palay

‘palm, sole’

*pali°

‘axe’

*palo°

‘buttocks’

*pampaN

‘edge’

*pangi

‘tree’; ‘pangium edule’

*paniy

‘wing’

*paqa

‘thigh’

*paqiQ

‘bitter’

*paqoQ

‘chisel’

*pasipole°

‘make ready’

*pasoQ

‘peg, nail’

*pato

‘four (bound numeral)’

*patoN

‘bamboo sp.’

*pee°

‘tight, close’

*penasa°

‘feel’

*periN

‘bamboo sp.’

*pia

‘how many? (bound numeral)’

*piara°

‘tend, care for’

*pidi°

‘bow (for hunting)’

*piha

‘boil’

*piha°

‘break, shatter’

*pio°

‘squeeze in hand’

*pisiQ

‘squeeze between the fingers’

*piso

‘knife’

*pitu

‘seven (bound numeral)’

*podea°

‘hear’

*pokatu°

‘package, send’

*pole

‘cut (through)’

*polu°

‘hearth, fireplace’

*pombula°

‘plant (in garden)’

*ponangi°

‘defeat’

*pone°

‘ascend, climb (as a tree)’

*poniki

‘bat’

*pono°

‘full’

*ponu

‘turtle’

*po-pia

‘how many? (independent numeral)’

*popolo°

‘bride price’

*poqahaN

‘shoulder’

*puai

‘dry in the sun’

*pua°

‘wind’

*puhoy

‘navel’

*pukoQ

‘net’

*puluQ

‘sap, gum’

*puluq

‘ten hopulu’

*pumpuN

‘gather, assemble’

*punti

‘banana’

*pupu

‘pick (fruit)’

*puquN

‘base, trunk, origin’

*puri°

‘buttocks, posterior’

*pusuQ

‘mountain, rise’

*pusu°

‘eyes closed, blind’

*pute

‘white’

*putu°

‘short’

*puur-i

‘blow (on a fire)’

*rabuQ

‘pull out’

*rahaN

‘house’

*raki

‘fine dirt’

*rakoQ

‘catch’

*rakuQ

‘grab by handful’

*rano

‘lake’

*rapuR

‘spouse’

*raqi

‘forehead, face’

*raraN-i

‘expose to radiant heat’

*raRaq

‘blood’

*reoN

‘feverish, have a fever’

*ri

‘at (locative preposition of very broad scope)’

*ri + mbui°

‘in back’

*ri + ou°

‘in front’

*rindiN

‘wall’

*riniN

‘cold (as of water)’

*roa°

‘clean’

*roa°

‘lively, crowded’

*robuN

‘bamboo shoot’

*rodo°

‘throw’

*rombo°

‘gather’

*rondomaN

‘darkness’

*rongaN

‘together, with’

*rongoR

‘hear’

*rongo°

‘carry (with headstrap?)’

*ropa

‘fathom’

*rope°

‘bow (of boat)’

*rua

‘two (bound numeral)’

*rui

‘thorn’

*rumbia

‘sago palm’

*rumpaQ

‘bump into, topple’

*rungku°

‘thin, sickly’

*ruru°

‘pick up, collect’

*rusu°

‘thin, scrawny (person, animal)’

*saa

‘python’

*sakaN

‘boil, cook’

*salaN

‘road’

*sampaQ

‘branch’

*sampe

‘hang, dangle’

*sandu°

‘wooden spoon or ladle’

*sangkoleo°

‘soul, spirit, consciousness’

*saqaQ

‘bad, ugly’

*saqoQ

‘bad, ugly’

*sarai°

‘new’

*saru°

‘borrow’

*sawi°

‘mount, ascend, ride in/on’

*seka°

‘brave’

*sere°

‘cut, slice’

*seruN

‘cloud’

*sese°

‘cut’

*sile°

‘lick’

*singkolodo°

‘back of the knee’

*sio

‘nine (bound numeral)’

*sipiQ

‘tongs’

*siro(bo°)

‘sip, slurp’

*siru°

‘spoon’

*siu°

‘sweet’

*soda°

‘bear, carry’; ‘pikul’

*sole

‘grain’

*sopu°

‘temper’

*soRami

‘rice stalk’

*soro°

‘push’

*sowi°

‘knife for harvesting rice plant’

*sowu

‘thousand’

*soyuN

‘needle’

*sudu°

‘poke, prod’

*suere°

‘different’

*sukiQ

‘insert (into small crack or crevice)’

*sumpiQ

‘blowgun’

*suquN

‘carry on the head’

*taa

‘laugh’

*taa°

‘long (of objects)’

*tabaq

‘body fat’

*tade°

‘stand’

*tado°

‘portion, apportionment’

*tahaQ

‘ripe, done (hence red)’

*tahiQ

‘sea, ocean’

*talaQ

‘row’

*tambu

‘scoop, dip’

*tampil-aN

‘sheath’

*tanda°

‘squat’

*tanduQ

‘horn’

*tangke

‘stalk’

*tangke-lari°

‘shin’

*tangke°

‘mountain’

*tangkoQ

‘catch’

*tanoN

‘bury’

*tapa

‘smoke, grill’

*tapak-i

‘strike with the hand’

*tapuno

‘cape (promentory of land)’

*tapu°

‘extremity, tip, projection’

*taqaN

‘set (traps)’

*taqi

‘feces’

*taqoN

‘set (traps)’

*taqowu°

‘heavy sword’

*taqu

‘clever’

*taquN

‘year’

*taRaN

‘answer’

*tasoN

‘sharp’

*tasu°

‘dibble stick’

*tataki

‘pull down (as house)’

*tatapi

‘wash (clothes)’

*tawaN

‘capture’

*tawaro°

‘sago starch’

*tawu°

‘testicle’

*tea°

‘fight, make war’

*te-ipiaN

‘when? (future)’

*te-ipua°

‘day after tomorrow’

*tele°

‘shallow’

*tena°

‘order, send’

*tete

‘bridge’

*t(i,u)ha°

‘descend’

*t(i,u)sa°

‘(house) post’

*tiaN

‘belly’

*tia°

‘distribute’

*tile

‘vagina’

*tinsu°

‘awaken s.o.’

*tinti-ngara°

‘lie supine’

*tisuq

‘point’

*tobo°

‘keris’

*toka

‘alight’

*toka

‘guest’

*tolea°

‘functionary in administering adat law’

*tolewa°

‘butterfly’

*tole°

‘pandanus’

*tolu

‘three (bound numeral)’

*tonda°

‘fall’

*tonda°

‘follow’

*tondoha°

‘anvil’

*tondo°

‘barrier’

*tondu°

‘heavy’

*tonea°

‘taro’

*tongaq

‘middle’

*tongo°

‘wrap’

*tonia°

‘new, young’

*tonto°

‘under, space under a house’

*toqolo°

‘forest’

*toqori

‘know’

*tora

‘alive’

*toRa°

‘hard’

*torea°

‘leftover, more’

*toriki°

‘wall’

*toro ue

‘rainbow’

*toRoQ

‘kind of tree’

*toruku°

‘mountain, backbone’

*totoro°

‘sit’

*towu

‘sugarcane’

*towuaN

‘wasp’

*towuni

‘afterbirth’

*tuantua°

‘conch shell trumpet’

*tudu°

‘arrive from above’

*tueh-i

‘fell, cut down’

*tukana

‘ask’

*tuko°

‘staff, walking stick’

*tulei

‘capable, able’

*tuli

‘earwax’

*tulura°

‘speak’

*tuna°

‘shoot, side-sprout’

*tundo°

‘heel’

*tungkeho°

‘choke’

*tuntu°

‘end’

*tunu

‘roast, burn’

*tuqa

‘old’

*tuqu

‘true, real’

*tuquR

‘dry’

*tuRaN-i

‘increase’

*turuR

‘sleep’

*tutuk-i

‘pound’

*tutuq-i

‘prune, cut’

*tutuw-i

‘cover’

*tuu°

‘knee’

*ue

‘rattan’

*ula°

‘rope’

*ule

‘snake’

*uliN

‘rudder’

*ulu

‘head’

*uma°

‘kiss’

*uni

‘sound, utterance’

*unoy

‘inside’

*untoQ

‘brain’

*uraN

‘shrimp, crustacean’

*uRaQ

‘vein, tendon, sinew’

*usaN

‘rain’

*uso

‘green’

*uwaN

‘grey hair’

*uwe°

‘remove, take out’

*uwi

‘tuber’

*waaq

‘flood, flow’

*wai

‘female’

*waipode°

‘young girl, virgin’

*wala°

‘fence’

*wali

‘spouse, companion’

*waloh-i

‘take revenge’

*walu°

‘wrap (around)’

*wana°

‘stern (of a boat)’

*wangku°

‘beat, strike’

*wanguN

‘wake up, arise’

*wao°

‘leech’

*waRa

‘embers, glowing coals’

*waraka°

‘healthy’

*wataN

‘tree trunk’

*watu

‘stone’

*wawa

‘take along, carry’

*wawaq

‘opening’

*wawo

‘above, upper portrion/surface’

*w(e,i)ti°

‘calf (of leg)’

*wee(hi)

‘give’

*w(i,o)ngi°

‘night’

*w(i,u)taq

‘earth’

*wiaq

‘k.o. plant’

*wiku

‘eel’

*winso°

‘enter’

*wiwi°

‘edge’

*wohuR

‘satisfied’

*wolay

‘spread out’

*woliaN

‘shaman’

*wolo°

‘lukewarm’

*wolu°

‘straighten’

*wongko°

‘goitre’

*woo

‘odor, smell’

*woRa°

‘uncooked rice’

*wotaQ

‘split open’

*wotoN

‘millet’

*wotu°

‘hatch’

*wotu°

‘time, season’

*wuaq

‘fruit’

*wuku

‘bone, seed’

*wulaaN

‘gold’

*wulaN

‘moon’

*wulele°

‘flower’

*wulu

‘body hair, feathers’

*wuluq

‘kind of bamboo’

*wuni

‘hide’

*wunuQ

‘k.o. tree’

*wuqohi

‘wash’

*wuti°

‘deception’

*wuuQ

‘hair of head’

*wuwu

‘fishtrap’

*wuwui

‘sow, drop a few seeds’

?*banaN

‘thread’

?*bene°

‘plant species with thorns’

?*bingki°

‘earthen water barrel’

?*bo(n)so°

‘enclose’

?*buani°

‘k.o. net’

?*kaduN

‘woven bag’

?*kampoN

‘village’

?*kansai°

‘spear, lance’

?*lemboN

‘valley, watercourse’

?*lipu°

‘country, village’

?*osoQ

‘suck’

?*owaRa

‘shoulder’

?*pada

‘equal’

?*palu

‘hammer (tool)’

?*paRa

‘shelf above fireplace’

?*sinsiN

‘ring’

?*songko°

‘hat, covering’

?*sosoQ

‘suck’

?*susu

‘breast’

?*susuQ

‘pierce’

?*uhu

‘breast’

?*uhuQ

‘pierce’