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Language: Proto-Trans-New Guinea

Source/Author:  Andrew Pawley 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:  Glottocode: nucl1709 
Notes:  Pawley, Andrew (2005). "The chequered career of the Trans New Guinea hypothesis: recent research and its implications". In Andrew Pawley, Robert Attenborough, Robin Hide, Jack Golson, eds. Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples, 67-107. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu  Checked By:  
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  • Total Data: 130
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Classification:  Trans-New Guinea 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
2 left      
3 right      
6 road/path      
9 to swim      
10 dirty      
11 dust      
13 back word info      
21 to think      
22 to fear      
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell      
30 mouth      
34 to cry      
38 to chew word info      
42 to suck      
44 to hear      
47 to yawn      
51 to sit      
53 person/human being      
58 wife      
61 house      
62 thatch/roof      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
73 to steal      
74 to kill      
77 to scratch word info      
79 stick/wood      
80 to split word info      
81 sharp      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info      
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
89 to hold word info      
90 to dig      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info      
95 to fall word info      
96 dog      
99 feather      
102 rat      
103 meat/flesh      
104 fat/grease      
106 snake      
107 worm (earthworm)      
110 spider      
111 fish      
112 rotten word info      
113 branch word info      
116 flower      
118 grass      
119 earth/soil      
123 to flow      
124 sea      
125 salt      
126 lake      
130 star      
132 fog      
133 rain      
138 warm word info      
141 wet      
147 black      
148 white      
149 red      
150 yellow      
151 green      
152 small      
153 big      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick      
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info      
165 bad, evil      
166 correct, true      
169 year      
170 when? word info      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
174 in, inside      
175 above      
176 below      
177 this      
178 that      
179 near      
180 far      
181 where? word info      
188 what? word info      
189 who? word info      
190 other      
191 all      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
196 to count      
197 One word info      
199 Three word info      
200 Four word info      
201 Five word info      
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
135 lightning *(mb,m)elak lightning, light    
26 hair word info *(nd,s)umu(n,t)[V]      
164 good *(nd,t)ebV      
12 skin *(ŋg,k)a(nd,t)apu      
45 eye *(ŋg,k)iti [maŋgV]      
17 liver *[ma]pVn      
120 stone *[na]muna      
105 tail *a(mb,m)u      
72 to hit word info *a[tu]-      
39 to cook word info *adu-      
59 mother *am(a,i,u) mother (free form)    
54 man/male *ambi husband, man    
57 husband *ambi husband, man    
18 breast *amu      
60 father *apa      
65 rope *asi string, rope    
187 they *iLi 3 dual    
63 name *imbi      
127 woods/forest *inda tree, wood    
143 fire *inda      
26 hair word info *iti      
114 leaf *iti leaf, hair    
192 and *ito      
127 woods/forest *iñja tree, wood    
25 neck *k(a,e)(nd,t)ak      
143 fire *k(a,o)nd(a,u)p      
4 leg/foot *k(a,o)ond(a,o)C      
167 night *k(i,u)tuma      
155 long word info *k(o,u)t(u,i)p      
24 head *kV(mb,p)utu      
163 new *kVtak      
131 cloud word info *ka(mb,p)utu      
43 ear *ka(nd,t)(i,e)C      
129 moon *kal(a,i)m      
168 day *kamali sun    
120 stone *kamb(a,u)na      
143 fire *kambu      
145 smoke word info *kambu(s,t)(a,u)      
145 smoke word info *kambu-la(ŋk,g)a      
146 ash *kambu-sumbu      
109 mosquito *kasin      
36 to spit *kasipa-      
23 blood *ke(ñj,s)a      
142 heavy *kenda      
168 day *ketane sun    
186 you *ki      
144 to burn word info *ki- to burn, light a fire    
186 you *kiLi 2 dual    
19 shoulder *kinV      
48 to sleep *kinV- to lie down, sleep    
49 to lie down word info *kinV- to lie down, sleep    
50 to dream *kina(mb,p)-      
115 root *kindil      
4 leg/foot *kitu leg, calf    
15 bone *kondaC      
139 cold word info *kukam(o,u)      
75 to die, be dead *kumV-      
25 neck *kuma(n,ŋ)[V] neck, nape    
136 wind *kumbutu      
134 thunder *kumut ~ *tumuk      
146 ash *la(ŋg,k)a      
76 to live, be alive *mVna- to live, be, stay, sit    
24 head *mVtVna      
35 to vomit *mVŋ[g]V ti-      
195 no, not *ma- verbal prefix    
98 egg *maŋgV egg, fruit, seed    
117 fruit *maŋgV fruit, seed, egg    
60 father *mbapa      
32 tongue *mbilaŋ      
8 to turn word info *mbuli[ki]- to turn (oneself)    
100 wing *mbutu      
32 tongue *me(l,n)e      
7 to come *me-      
98 egg *munaka      
27 nose *mundu      
14 belly *mundun      
56 child *nV boy    
45 eye *nVpV      
20 to know, be knowledgeable *nVŋg- to see, know, perceive, hear    
46 to see *nVŋg- to see, know, perceive, hear    
97 bird *n[e]i      
182 I *na      
37 to eat *na- to eat, drink    
40 to drink *na- to eat, drink    
59 mother *na- mother (bound form)    
64 to say *nde- to say, speak    
66 to tie up, fasten *ndiŋga- ~ *ndaŋgi-      
185 we word info *ni      
185 we word info *niLi 1 dual    
108 louse word info *niman      
122 water word info *nok      
185 we word info *nu      
185 we word info *nuLi 1 dual    
122 water word info *ok[V]      
48 to sleep *p(e,i)t(e,i)o-      
55 woman/female *panV      
136 wind *pinVm wind, breeze    
5 to walk *pu- to go    
137 to blow word info *pu- verbal prefix    
101 to fly *putu(putu) ti-      
41 to bite *s(i,u)-      
121 sand *sa(ŋg,k)asiŋ      
1 hand *sakil      
131 cloud word info *samb[V] cloud, sky    
128 sky *samb[V]. *kumut ~ *tumuk respectively: sky, cloud ; thunder, sky    
114 leaf *sasak      
1 hand *sikal      
16 intestines *sim(i,u)      
16 intestines *simbi      
87 to swell word info *su auxiliary verb    
146 ash *sumbu      
52 to stand *t(a,e,i)k[V]-      
78 to cut, hack word info *tVk-      
70 to shoot word info *tVmV-      
198 Two word info *ta(l,t)(a,e)      
129 moon *takVn[V]      
31 tooth *titi      
154 short word info *tumba      
184 he/she *ua      
63 name *wani name, who    
184 he/she *ya      
97 bird *yaka[i]      
5 to walk *yata- to go    
56 child *ŋaŋa baby    
45 eye *ŋg(a,u)mu      
183 thou *ŋga      
140 dry word info *ŋgatata      
186 you *ŋgi      
186 you *ŋgiLi 2 dual    
33 to laugh *ŋgiti auxiliary verb    

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