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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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Entries:

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

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