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Language: Proto-Tai

Source/Author:  Pittayawat Pittayaporn 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:  Glottocode: kamt1241 
Notes:  Pittayaporn, Pittayawat. 2009. Phonology of Proto-Tai. Ph.D. dissertation. Department of Linguistics, Cornell University.

Proto-Tai is ancestral to the Northern Tai, Central Tai, and Southwestern Tai branches of the Tai-Kadai family.

The Proto-Tai tones are:
*A: level & modal
*B: rising & creaky
*C: falling & glottal constriction
*D: rising

Proto-Austronesian reconstructions are from Pittayaporn's dissertation. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu  Checked By:  
Statistics: 
  • Total Data: 185
  • Number of Retentions:
  • Number of Loans: 8
 
Classification:  Tai-Kadai:Kam-Tai:Be-Tai:Tai-Sek:Tai 
Map  Sorry, no map co-ordinates found for this language. 

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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
2 left      
3 right      
8 to turn word info      
10 dirty      
11 dust      
18 breast      
21 to think      
28 to breathe      
36 to spit      
40 to drink      
42 to suck      
57 husband      
62 thatch/roof      
64 to say      
71 to stab, pierce      
72 to hit word info      
79 stick/wood      
80 to split word info      
81 sharp      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info      
89 to hold word info      
90 to dig      
94 to throw word info      
113 branch word info      
124 sea      
126 lake      
139 cold word info      
159 wide      
161 shy, ashamed      
166 correct, true      
170 when? word info      
171 to hide word info      
173 at      
178 that      
181 where? word info      
186 you      
187 they      
188 what? word info      
189 who? word info      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
22 to fear *ja:n C      
66 to tie up, fasten *cm̩.ruk D      
69 to hunt word info *p.raw B      
70 to shoot word info *ʰnwɯə C crossbow, PAN *panaq    
85 to choose *kep D to pick    
93 to pound, beat word info *zo:m C to pound rice    
103 meat/flesh *n.mɤ: C      
107 worm (earthworm) *ʰno:l A worm    
107 worm (earthworm) *t.nɯəlA earthworm    
121 sand *zwɯəj A      
130 star *t.na:w A      
160 painful, sick *q.wat D cold/flu    
184 he/she *mɯn A weak    
198 Two word info *so:ŋ A PAN *duSa ? 双 (not dusa, chinese loan - LS)   L
199 Three word info *sa:m Chinese   L
200 Four word info *si: B Chinese   L
201 Five word info *ha: C Chinese   L
202 Six word info *krok D Chinese   L
203 Seven word info *cet D Chinese   L
204 Eight word info *pe:t D Chinese   L
205 Nine word info *kɤw C Chinese   L
1 hand *mwɯ: A   1  
7 to come *ʰma: A   1  
19 shoulder *C̥.ba: B PAN *qabáɣa 1  
24 head *kraw C   1  
27 nose *ɗaŋ A   1  
31 tooth *wan A   1  
35 to vomit *rwɯək D   1  
37 to eat *kɯɲ A   1  
41 to bite *kat D to take a bite 1  
45 eye *p.ta: A PAN *matá 1  
56 child *lɯ:k D child (offspring) 1  
75 to die, be dead *p.ta:j A PAN *matáy 1  
76 to live, be alive *C̥.dip D raw, not ripe; PAN *qudip 1  
77 to scratch word info *kaw A   1  
97 bird *C̬.nok D PAN *manúk 'bird' 1  
108 louse word info *traw A head louse 1  
122 water word info *C̬.nam C PAN *daɬúm 1  
129 moon *ɓlɯən A moon, month 1  
143 fire *wɤj A PAN *sehapúy 1  
147 black *C̥.dam A PAN *tidem 1  
177 this *naj C   1  
182 I *ku: A weak 1  
182 I *kaw A strong 1  
183 thou *mɯŋ A weak 1  
183 thou *maɰ A strong 1  
185 we word info *raw A   11  
4 leg/foot *ti:n A   12  
160 painful, sick *k.raj illness, fever 122  
84 to plant *plwɯ:k D   16  
47 to yawn *ʰra:w A   17  
15 bone *C̥.duk D   1?  
17 liver *tap D   1?  
30 mouth *pa:k D   1?  
99 feather *q.pɯl A   1?  
104 fat/grease *man A   1?  
84 to plant *t.nam A to transplant, < PAN *taɬem 2  
125 salt *klwɯə A   21  
116 flower *ɓlo:k D   22  
184 he/she *man A strong 22  
24 head *truə A   23  
108 louse word info *m.lel A body louse 24  
117 fruit *ʰma:k D   24  
68 needle *qem A   25  
60 father *bo: B   26  
86 to grow word info *ʰma: C to grow, to rise 26  
93 to pound, beat word info *tam A   26  
6 road/path *ʰrwɤn A   27  
172 to climb word info *pi:n A   27  
23 blood *lɯət D   28  
41 to bite *C̬.qɤp D to bite 29  
67 to sew word info *ɲep D   29  
70 to shoot word info *ɲɯŋ A   29  
120 stone *tri:l A   29  
114 leaf *ɓaɰ A   2?  
63 name *ɟɤ: B   30?  
115 root *C̬.ra:k D   31  
53 person/human being *ɢwɯn A   32  
44 to hear *ŋin A   33  
209 One Hundred word info *ro:j C   33  
73 to steal *C̬.lak D   34  
112 rotten word info *naw B   34  
163 new *ʰmɤ:l B   34  
175 above *ʰnɯə A upstream, above 34  
197 One word info *nɯ:ŋ B   35  
32 tongue *li:n C   36  
174 in, inside *C̥.daɰ A   36  
65 rope *ɟɤ:k rope, cord 37  
91 to buy *z.ɟɯ: C   37  
133 rain *C̥.wɯn A   37  
74 to kill *qa: C   38  
29 to sniff, smell *ɗɤm A   39  
59 mother *me: B   39  
156 thin word info *C̥.ba:ŋ A   39  
190 other *ʔɯ:n B   39  
7 to come *C̬.tɤŋ A to arrive -PAN *dateŋ 4  
38 to chew word info *giəw C   41  
98 egg *qraj no tone given 41  
168 day *ŋwan A daytime 41?  
4 leg/foot *p.qa: A leg, foot - PAN *paqa 'thigh' 42  
56 child *ɗek D child (young person) 42  
142 heavy *ʰnak D   42  
168 day *mwɯ: C day (period) 42  
22 to fear *ʰla:w A PAN *talaw 43  
123 to flow *ʰlwaj A   43  
146 ash *daw B   43  
58 wife *miə A   44  
92 to open, uncover *ʔa: C to open the mouth 44  
118 grass *ʰɲɯə C   44  
192 and *kap D with, and 44  
52 to stand *C̥.ɟɯ:n A   46  
61 house *rɤ:n A PAN *ɣumaq ? 46  
158 narrow *gap D   46?  
14 belly *dwu:ŋ C   47  
26 hair word info *prɤm A   47  
157 thick word info *ʰna: A   47  
16 intestines *saj C   48  
128 sky *va: C sky, weather 48?  
34 to cry *t.haj C to weep, PAN *táŋic 49  
106 snake *ŋwɯ: A   50  
151 green *xiəw A   50  
176 below *taɰ C downsteam, below 50  
110 spider *krwa:w A   51  
128 sky *ɓɯn A sky, heaven 51  
167 night *ɣɯ:n A   51  
25 neck *ɣo: A   52  
169 year *pi: A   52  
87 to swell word info *gaɰ B adjective: swollen 53  
101 to fly *ɓil A   53  
105 tail *trwɤ:ŋ A   53  
132 fog *ʰmo:k D   53  
191 all *daŋ A   53  
5 to walk *pra:j C   54  
137 to blow word info *pow B with mouth 54  
180 far *k.laj A   54  
196 to count *nap D   54  
54 man/male *ʑa:j A   55  
100 wing *pi:k D   55  
135 lightning *m.le:p D   55  
145 smoke word info *ɣwan A   55  
12 skin *ʰnaŋ A   56  
49 to lie down word info *nwɯ:n A   56  
88 to squeeze word info *gal C   56  
119 earth/soil *ɗin   56  
150 yellow *ʰlɯəŋ A   56  
165 bad, evil *rwɤ:j C   56  
20 to know, be knowledgeable *rɯ:w C   57  
109 mosquito *ɲuŋ A   58  
153 big *ʰluəŋ A   58  
102 rat *ʰnu: A   59  
141 wet *dom A   59?  
55 woman/female *na:ŋ A lady 60  
134 thunder *pra: C   60  
96 dog *ʰma: A   61  
153 big *ɓɯ:k D rare 62  
136 wind *C̬.lɯm A   63  
149 red *C̥.dwi:ŋ A   63  
9 to swim *lo:j A   64  
111 fish *pla: A   64  
148 white *xa:w A   64  
154 short word info *tin B   64  
51 to sit *naŋ B   65  
144 to burn word info *praw A   65  
155 long word info *rɯj A   65  
13 back word info *ʰlaŋ A   66  
39 to cook word info *truŋ A   66  
48 to sleep *nwɯ:n A   66  
46 to see *tran A   67  
138 warm word info *ʔun B   69  
33 to laugh *krɯəw A   72  
127 woods/forest *ɗoŋ A   72  
179 near *k.raɰ C   72  
131 cloud word info *ʰwɯə C   73  
152 small *no:j C   73  
95 to fall word info *tok D to drop 76  
140 dry word info *ʰre:ŋC dried up 79  
43 ear *krwɯ: A   8  
50 to dream *hwan A   8  
195 no, not *ɓaw B strong 1 80  
195 no, not *bo: B strong 2 80  
195 no, not *mi: A weak 81  
140 dry word info *χaɰ B dry 83  
164 good *ɗɤj A   87  
78 to cut, hack word info *tac D   91?  
162 old word info *ke: B   92  

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