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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’

*haur*haur

‘sew’

*hedak*hedak

‘lean back’

*hekeŋ*hekeŋ

‘left (side)’

*hela*hela

‘climb’

*hewaiaru*hewaiaru

‘who’

*hila*hila

‘lightning’

*hiwa*hiwa

‘nine’

*hobak*hobak

‘fall over (tree)’

*hope*hope

‘buy’

*huar*huar

‘horn’

*ihik*ihik

‘meat’

*ikan*ikan

‘fish’

*iku*iku

‘tail’

*ilu*ilu

‘saliva’

*ina*ina

‘mother’

*io*io

‘shark’

*ipe*ipe

‘narrow’

*isu*isu

‘few, litle (quantity)’

*iʤoŋ*idʒoŋ

‘blue, green’

*iʤoŋ*idʒoŋ

‘green’

*-ka*-ka

‘eat’

*kadera*kadera

‘chair’

*kado*kado

‘jump’

*kado*kado

‘plunge’

*kaɡur*kaɡur

‘surprised, shocked’

*kaleŋ*kaleŋ

‘sky’

*kalipaŋ*kalipaŋ

‘centipede’

*kaluaŋ*kaluaŋ

‘cold’

*kamama*kamama

‘cat’

*kamaŋ*kamaŋ

‘skin, bark of tree’

*kame*kame

‘1pl excl’

*kamore*kamore

‘rat’

*kanaku*kanaku

‘play’

*kanau*kanau

‘bracelet’

*kanaʤo*kanadʒo

‘chaotic’

*kapik*kapik

‘wing’

*kapo*kapo

‘thread’

*kapuŋ*kapuŋ

‘mosquito’

*kare*kare

‘ant’

*kawel*kawel

‘drunk’

*kawi*kawi

‘fishing hook’

*kaʤo*kadʒo

‘tree’

*kaʤo*kadʒo

‘wood’

*kaʤo ape*kadʒo ape

‘firewood’

*kea*kea

‘turtle’

*kebaŋ*kebaŋ

‘barn, storage house’

*kehe*kehe

‘snail’

*kela*kela

‘eagle’

*kelake*kelake

‘man, husband’

*kipe*kipe

‘skinny (human)’

*kiri*kiri

‘comb’

*koloŋ*koloŋ

‘bird’

*kotoŋ*kotoŋ

‘head’

*kowa*kowa

‘cloud’

*kua*kua

‘heavy (rain)’

*kuiŋ*kuiŋ

‘dark’

*kulik*kulik

‘skin, bark of tree’

*kumbu*kumbu

‘blunt, dull’

*kumoŋ*kumoŋ

‘yellow’

*kura*kura

‘cassava’

*kuto*kuto

‘louse, headlice’

*kuʤo*kudʒo

‘crocodile’

*kəbukal*kəbukal

‘bidara fruit’

*kədire*kədire

‘language’

*kədəbu*kədəbu

‘gwang (tree)’

*kəlarak*kəlarak

‘forehead’

*kəlita*kəlita

‘dirty’

*kəlita*kəlita

‘excrement’

*kəmaro*kəmaro

‘grasshopper’

*kənamu*kənamu

‘fly (n.)’

*kərate*kərate

‘drizzle’

*kərawu*kərawu

‘ash’

*kərawu*kərawu

‘dust, fine earth’

*kəwae*kəwae

‘wife’

*kəwata*kəwata

‘sarong (women)’

*kəwətiŋ*kəwətiŋ

‘disappear’

*labu*labu

‘clothing’

*laduŋ*laduŋ

‘grass, bush’

*lahak*lahak

‘penis’

*lahak kuluŋ*lahak kuluŋ

‘testicles’

*lahe*lahe

‘no, not’

*laheŋ*laheŋ

‘clean’

*lako*lako

‘civet cat’

*lara*lara

‘road’

*laʤa*ladʒa

‘sail’

*leiŋ*leiŋ

‘foot’

*lema*lema

‘five’

*liaŋ*liaŋ

‘sing’

*lika*lika

‘oven, hearth’

*limaŋ*limaŋ

‘arm, hand’

*lodo*lodo

‘down’

*loloŋ*loloŋ

‘above’

*loloŋ*loloŋ

‘leaf’

*lou*lou

‘tear’

*ləpa*ləpa

‘slap’

*ləpeʔ*ləpeʔ

‘fold, folding’

*ləra*ləra

‘day, sun’

*ləra*ləra

‘sun’

*ləra kəluaŋ*ləra kəluaŋ

‘evening’

*ləwo*ləwo

‘village’

*mai*mai

‘go, leave’

*maku*maku

‘short (objects or people)’

*malu*malu

‘betel nut, betel vine, chew betel’

*mama*mama

‘father’

*mame*mame

‘chew’

*manuk*manuk

‘chicken’

*manuŋ*manuŋ

‘chicken’

*mara*mara

‘dry’

*mareŋ*mareŋ

‘night’

*mariŋ*mariŋ

‘say’

*mataŋ*mataŋ

‘eye’

*mataŋ date*mataŋ date

‘blind (eye)’

*mataŋ meaŋ*mataŋ meaŋ

‘conjunctivitis’

*mate*mate

‘die’

*meaŋ*meaŋ

‘red’

*mekiŋ*mekiŋ

‘left (side)’

*melu*melu

‘smooth’

*mi*mi

‘2pl’

*miteŋ*miteŋ

‘black’

*mo*mo

‘2sg’

*moloŋ*moloŋ

‘corn’

*moloŋ*moloŋ

‘straight’

*moriʔ*moriʔ

‘alive’

*motoŋ*motoŋ

‘marungga’

*muko*muko

‘banana’

*muro*muro

‘correct’

*muta*muta

‘vomit’

*mənau*mənau

‘tinea’

*mənehe*mənehe

‘silent’

*məniaŋ*məniaŋ

‘shy, ashamed’

*mənipi*mənipi

‘thin (non-human)’

*məto*məto

‘frog’

*nakiŋ*nakiŋ

‘fill’

*namek*namek

‘sweat’

*namu*namu

‘broom’

*nanaŋ*nanaŋ

‘pus’

*naŋɡe*naŋɡe

‘swim’

*naraŋ*naraŋ

‘name’

*neaŋ*neaŋ

‘seed’

*neiŋ*neiŋ

‘give’

*nekaŋ*nekaŋ

‘burden stick’

*nepik*nepik

‘drifting’

*nepik*nepik

‘float’

*niha*niha

‘fence’

*niru*niru

‘nose’

*noŋ*noŋ

‘and’

*noŋ*noŋ

‘with’

*nowaŋ*nowaŋ

‘eye’

*nuha*nuha

‘island’

*nuhuŋ*nuhuŋ

‘lips’

*nuhuŋ*nuhuŋ

‘smoke’

*nuroŋ*nuroŋ

‘dream’

*nəmu*nəmu

‘six’

*ohaŋ*ohaŋ

‘mat’

*-oiŋ*-oiŋ

‘know’

*onoŋ*onoŋ

‘in, inside’

*oroŋ rua*oroŋ rua

‘day after tomorrow’

*oʤo*odʒo

‘wave’

*pa*pa

‘four’

*pae*pae

‘stingray’

*paha*paha

‘hold, grasp’

*pai*pai

‘what’

*paiʔ*paiʔ

‘bitter’

*paiʔ*paiʔ

‘dry in sun’

*paku*paku

‘cut’

*pana*pana

‘walk, go’

*panike*panike

‘bat’

*panuŋ*panuŋ

‘archery, arrow’

*pao*pao

‘mango’

*papiŋ*papiŋ

‘burn (clear land)’

*pasak*pasak

‘shoot’

*pate*pate

‘pay’

*pela*pela

‘hone’

*peli*peli

‘debt’

*peme*peme

‘squeeze’

*peme*peme

‘strangle’

*pile*pile

‘choose’

*pipiŋ*pipiŋ

‘cheek’

*pira*pira

‘how much, how many’

*pite*pite

‘door’

*pito*pito

‘seven’

*plae*plae

‘run’

*pohi*pohi

‘dressing (wund)’

*pohi*pohi

‘tie’

*pola*pola

‘sugar palm’

*puhor*puhor

‘navel’

*puhuŋ*puhuŋ

‘flower’

*pui*pui

‘blow’

*puki*puki

‘vagina’

*puko*puko

‘nephew, niece’

*punuŋ*punuŋ

‘back’

*putu*putu

‘burnt’

*pəlatiŋ*pəlatiŋ

‘feverish’

*pəlatiŋ*pəlatiŋ

‘prawn, shrimp’

*pəleŋaŋ*pəleŋaŋ

‘spacious’

*pənahaŋ*pənahaŋ

‘sell’

*pənoe*pənoe

‘yawn’

*pənoŋ*pənoŋ

‘full’

*pəro*pəro

‘salty’

*pəruŋ*pəruŋ

‘bile’

*pətuŋ*pətuŋ

‘bamboo’

*ra*ra

‘blood’

*ramuk*ramuk

‘root’

*rata*rata

‘hair’

*rawa*rawa

‘pigeon, dove’

*rekeŋ*rekeŋ

‘crab’

*ro*ro

‘3sg’

*ro*ro

‘at’

*rua*rua

‘two’

*ruha*ruha

‘deer’

*ruiŋ*ruiŋ

‘bone’

*se*se

‘shoo, send away’

*seŋ*seŋ

‘money’

*seru*seru

‘burn (clear land)’

*seru*seru

‘see’

*sia*sia

‘salt’

*sika*sika

‘stab’

*tae*tae

‘excrement’

*tahak*tahak

‘ripe’

*tahi*tahi

‘sea’

*taiŋ*taiŋ

‘stomach, belly’

*taku*taku

‘scared’

*tale*tale

‘rope’

*taleŋ*taleŋ

‘swallow’

*taliŋ*taliŋ

‘again, add, with, and’

*tana*tana

‘earth’

*tana meaŋ*tana meaŋ

‘clay’

*tane*tane

‘weave’

*taniŋ*taniŋ

‘cry’

*tapina*tapina

‘starfish’

*tapo*tapo

‘coconut’

*tapokubaŋ*tapokubaŋ

‘heart’

*taraɡaŋ*taraɡaŋ

‘spider’

*tata bei*tata bei

‘rainbow’

*tawaŋ*tawaŋ

‘grow’

*teleŋ*teleŋ

‘hang’

*temu*temu

‘dolphin’

*tena*tena

‘canoe’

*teraʔ*teraʔ

‘close’

*tide*tide

‘stand’

*tiluŋ*tiluŋ

‘ear’

*tite*tite

‘1pl incl’

*tiwaŋ*tiwaŋ

‘throw’

*tobo*tobo

‘sit’

*tonoŋ*tonoŋ

‘bury’

*tou*tou

‘one’

*tua*tua

‘tuak (traditional wine)’

*tuaŋ*tuaŋ

‘old’

*tuhu*tuhu

‘breast’

*tuŋ*tuŋ

‘year’

*tute*tute

‘chase’

*tutu*tutu

‘say’

*təke*təke

‘liver’

*təlo*təlo

‘three’

*təluk*təluk

‘egg’

*təmaka*təmaka

‘steal’

*təmala*təmala

‘star’

*təmaʤuŋ*təmadʒuŋ

‘bedbug’

*təwo*təwo

‘sugarcane’

*uhuŋ*uhuŋ

‘coral (reef)’

*ula*ula

‘snake’

*uliŋ*uliŋ

‘place’

*uloŋ*uloŋ

‘teeth’

*uraŋ*uraŋ

‘rain’

*utaŋ*utaŋ

‘forest’

*utiŋ*utiŋ

‘penis’

*utuŋ*utuŋ

‘end, tip’

*uwa*uwa

‘betel nut, betel vine, chew betel’

*uwe*uwe

‘rattan’

*wai*wai

‘water’

*waŋɡo*waŋɡo

‘hole’

*wareŋ*wareŋ

‘chest’

*wataʔ*wataʔ

‘count’

*wati*wati

‘not yet’

*wato*wato

‘stone, rock’

*wau*wau

‘rotten’

*wawe*wawe

‘pig’

*we*we

‘3pl’

*weli*weli

‘dowry’

*wereha*wereha

‘sow’

*wewel*wewel

‘tongue’

*wiaŋ*wiaŋ

‘yesterday’

*wiriŋ*wiriŋ

‘rust’

*wiwiŋ*wiwiŋ

‘lips’

*worak*worak

‘fat’

*woto*woto

‘mountain’

*wu*wu

‘market’

*wuhu*wuhu

‘bow’

*wuhuŋ*wuhuŋ

‘hill, ridge’

*wulaŋ*wulaŋ

‘moon’

*wuli*wuli

‘neck’

*wuluk*wuluk

‘body hair’

*wunoŋ*wunoŋ

‘new (house)’

*-wura*-wura

‘foam’

*wura*wura

‘lungs’

*wuwuŋ*wuwuŋ

‘fontanel’

*wəkiŋ*wəkiŋ

‘body’

*wəlane*wəlane

‘honey’

*wəŋɡo*wəŋɡo

‘nostril’

*wəra*wəra

‘sand’

*wəwaŋ*wəwaŋ

‘mouth’

*ʔuma*ʔuma

‘house’

-nahiŋ-nahiŋ

‘breathe’