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Sulistyono (2022b): Proto-Alorese

Original citation: Sulistyono, Yunus. 2022. A history of Alorese (Austronesian): Combining linguistic and oral history. PhD thesis, Leiden University.

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Headword IPA Glosses
*aho*aho

‘dog’

*-ai*-ai

‘go, leave’

*akal*akal

‘lie (tell untruth)’

*ala*ala

‘scorpion’

*alaŋ*alaŋ

‘voice’

*aleŋ*aleŋ

‘waist’

*-ali lau*-ali lau

‘below’

*alu*alu

‘river, stream’

*anaŋ*anaŋ

‘child’

*anaŋ*anaŋ

‘small’

*ane*ane

‘sand’

*aŋi*aŋi

‘wind’

*ape*ape

‘fire’

*apu*apu

‘lime (stone)’

*apuŋ*apuŋ

‘dew’

*ata*ata

‘person’

*ateŋ*ateŋ

‘liver’

*au*au

‘bamboo’

*awaŋ*awaŋ

‘cloud’

*ba:ʔ*baːʔ

‘heavy’

*bage*baɡe

‘divide’

*bai*bai

‘wait’

*baku*baku

‘pull out’

*bali*bali

‘axe’

*bamaŋ*bamaŋ

‘chin’

*baŋ*baŋ

‘swell’

*bapa*bapa

‘crooked’

*bareŋ*bareŋ

‘flow’

*bau*bau

‘tomorrow’

*bauŋ*bauŋ

‘wake up’

*baʤo*badʒo

‘pound’

*bea*bea

‘big’

*belo*belo

‘cut’

*bema*bema

‘wash’

*bere*bere

‘light (weight)’

*biŋku*biŋku

‘hoe’

*blaha-k*blaha-k

‘long (stick)’

*bua*bua

‘sail’

*buka*buka

‘open’

*buno*buno

‘kill’

*burak*burak

‘white’

*buto*buto

‘eight’

*bəber*bəber

‘shaking, shivering’

*bəkaŋ*bəkaŋ

‘fly’

*bəlara*bəlara

‘sick, painful’

*bəlolo*bəlolo

‘tall’

*bəlone*bəlone

‘pillow’

*bəta*bəta

‘split’

*dahe*dahe

‘near’

*dakaŋ*dakaŋ

‘cook’

*dake*dake

‘sharp’

*dake*dake

‘thorn’

*dalaŋ*dalaŋ

‘fishnet’

*dane*dane

‘hit (drum)’

*dane*dane

‘hour’

*date*date

‘bad’

*date*date

‘ugly’

*dawu*dawu

‘hide’

*deiŋ*deiŋ

‘throw’

*dike*dike

‘good, right side’

*dikeŋ*dikeŋ

‘right side’

*doaŋ*doaŋ

‘far’

*doho*doho

‘rub’

*doho*doho

‘scrub’

*duaŋ*duaŋ

‘forest’

*dəŋa*dəŋa

‘hear’

*dəwu*dəwu

‘hide’

*ekaŋ*ekaŋ

‘field, garden’

*ele*ele

‘wet’

*-enuŋ*-enuŋ

‘drink’

*ere rua*ere rua

‘day after tomorrow’

*eto*eto

‘monitor lizard’

*-ɡa*-ɡa

‘how, why’

*-ɡa*-ɡa

‘where’

*ɡadoŋ*ɡadoŋ

‘hard’

*ɡaki*ɡaki

‘bite’

*ɡaliŋ*ɡaliŋ

‘dig’

*ɡaluŋ*ɡaluŋ

‘crouch’

*ɡapal*ɡapal

‘thick’

*ɡateʔ*ɡateʔ

‘itchy’

*ɡato*ɡato

‘scabies’

*ɡatoŋ*ɡatoŋ

‘break (rope)’

*ɡau*ɡau

‘scratch’

*ɡei*ɡei

‘shave’

*ɡeke*ɡeke

‘laugh’

*ɡena*ɡena

‘search for, look for’

*ɡere*ɡere

‘climb’

*ɡilo*ɡilo

‘sour’

*ɡimu-k*ɡimu-k

‘pinch’

*ɡo*ɡo

‘1sg’

*ɡoka*ɡoka

‘drop (something)’

*ɡokal*ɡokal

‘fall (from above)’

*ɡəlokor*ɡəlokor

‘round’

*ɡənabeŋ*ɡənabeŋ

‘wall’

*gəter*ɡəter

‘ask (question)’

*habo*habo

‘bathe’

*hala*hala

‘wrong’

*hama*hama

‘same’

*hanaŋ*hanaŋ

‘shoulder’

*hapo*hapo

‘wipe’

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