Appendix:Proto-Pearic reconstructions
The Proto-Pearic language, the reconstructed ancestor of the Pearic languages, has been reconstructed by Robert Headley (1985).[1] The 149 Proto-Pearic forms below are from Headley (1985).
List
[edit]| Gloss | Proto-Pearic |
|---|---|
| angry | *peːm |
| three | *pe(ː)ʔ |
| to weave | *taːɲ |
| arrow | *kam |
| to call | *keːv |
| to eat | *caː |
| louse | *ciʔ |
| excrement | *ʔic |
| here | *ʔan |
| flower | *Pa(ː)ŋ |
| to cut, hack | *Poːt |
| to fear | *Tɔːŋ |
| right (dexter) | *Teːv |
| to hunt | *Cak |
| to go | *Ceːv |
| month | *Kaːŋ |
| long(time) | *Kɔːj |
| small | *Kic |
| drunk | *buːl |
| knife | *beːt(?) |
| morning | *baːŋ |
| must | *dɔːn |
| to buy | *deːv |
| water | *daːk |
| vine | *ɟuːm |
| soup | *ɟeːv |
| sap | *ɟɔːr |
| alcohol | *graːɲ |
| to sit | *gɨl |
| to winnow | *guːm |
| hair | *suk |
| to hear | *saŋ |
| to dance | *sɔːŋ |
| to bathe | *huːm |
| not | *hɔː |
| to fly | *h(ɨː)r |
| breast | *hjɔk |
| bat | *hmɔːk |
| field | *hmaːr |
| to stretch oneself | *hnoːk |
| thatch | *hŋɔːn |
| to hide | *hrɔːk |
| banana | *hlɔːŋ |
| salt | *hluk |
| raw, uncooked | *v(ɛː)ŋ |
| tiger | *rəvaːj |
| scorpion | *jaːv |
| to come | *j(i)p |
| eye | *m(a)t |
| mountain | *nɔːŋ |
| year | *nɨm |
| red | *ŋ(əː)r |
| root | *reːs |
| fly | *rɔːj |
| ten | *raːj |
| to ask | *loːm |
| lightning | *laːc |
| elder sibling | *_liɲ |
| to break | *Pac |
| dead | *hoːc |
| dead | *hoːc |
| to slap | *pah |
| to spit | *c(u)h |
| broken apart | *tak |
| bran | *lɨk |
| blood | *-haːm |
| to cook | *tɨm |
| child | *k(eː)n |
| female | *kɨn |
| deep | *hlɨŋ |
| foot | *ɟiɲ |
| to keep, put | *ʔɔːɲ |
| to bury | *Təp |
| to eat | *h(ɔː)p |
| blue | *veːt |
| skink | *klaːv |
| elephant | *knaːj |
| before | *Tɔːj |
| sharp-edged | *sɨl |
| to stand | *taːl |
| to plant | *coːl |
| fish | *meːl |
| water leech | *Peːr |
| to bark | *Keːr |
| to blow | *h(oː)r |
| kind of deer | *Ceːs |
| kind of deer | *loːs |
| hundred | *coːs |
| old | *cɨs |
| tail | *pa(ː)s |
| dog | *c(ɔ)ʔ |
| thin | *rəgiʔ |
| day | *tŋiʔ |
| dream | *poʔ |
| earth | *teˀ |
| mouth | *(c)kaː |
| civet | *(c)mɨː |
| wife | *(c)ŋ(ɨ)n |
| ring | *(c)rɛːŋ |
| thorn | *ɟrəlaʔ |
| six | *kdɔːŋ |
| ashamed | *kleˀ |
| bone | *klɔːŋ |
| smoke | *kmaːs |
| cough | *kmɔk |
| rain | *gmaʔ |
| to flail | *knɔːk |
| seven | *gnuːl |
| to awaken | *grɨk |
| star | *ks(ɨ)m |
| to hook | *kvak |
| kind of lizard | *kjoŋ |
| turtle | *gjaːŋ |
| eel | *ml(ɔː)ŋ |
| fruit | *pliː |
| thigh | *bluː |
| basket | *pnaːk |
| ugly | *bnaːm |
| bee | *(p)ŋaːm |
| Khmer | *brɔːŋ |
| cotton thread | *braːj |
| snake | *psiː |
| wing | *skɛːŋ |
| cramp | *smaɲ |
| after | *snɛːŋ |
| to know | *sŋal |
| to ask | *sriː |
| stone | *tmoˀ |
| winnowing basket | *tpɔʔ |
| wild cow | *trɔːj |
| to get | *ʔiːn |
| forest | *briː |
| drum | *kriɲ |
| red ant | *ksuː |
| fire | *bleːv |
| to slide | *ləkheːt |
| to take | *ʔoːc |
| sore, wound | *Coːj |
| head | *Toːs |
| tooth | *koːj |
| younger sibling | *(m)oːt |
| you | *b(oː) |
| kind of lizard | *koj |
| chicken | *hlɛːk |
| left | *Tɛːŋ |
| to laugh | *bɛːk |
| lightning | *tɛ(h) |
| long | *gɔŋ |
| house | *tɔŋ |
References
[edit]- ^ Headley, Robert K. 1985. "Proto-Pearic and the classification of Pearic." In Suriya Ratanakult et al (eds.), Southeast Asian Linguistic Studies Presented to Andre-G. Haudricourt. Institute of Language and Culture for Rural Development, Mahidol University. pp. 428-478.