Appendix:Proto-South Bauchi reconstructions
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The following list of Proto-South Bauchi reconstructions is from Shimizu (1978: 18).
Shimizu (1978)
[edit]| English gloss | Proto-South Bauchi |
|---|---|
| sun | *pit-ì |
| tree | *pit-ə̀ |
| know | *pə̀n |
| make/do | *pi |
| new | *pʸal(-ì) |
| blood | *bìràm |
| mouth | *bʸak(-ì) |
| give | *bər |
| burn | *bàk |
| big | *bàr(-ì) |
| belly | *tuk-ì |
| he | *ti, *ta |
| arm | *tâw(-s) |
| hair | *tak |
| sit | *dəm |
| kill | *duk |
| black | *dùŋ(un)(-ì) |
| ear | *kə̂m(-si) |
| dog | *kàɗ(an) |
| tail | *ki(t)ar(-i) |
| hear | *kum, *kam |
| be dry | *kwan(-i) |
| bone | *gu(ŋ)ul |
| head | *gaam(ì) |
| woman | *gə̀t |
| small | *gəp(sì) |
| this | *gwan |
| egg | *mbuuɬ₁(-ì) |
| heart/liver | *mbas₂ |
| horn | *mbyaw |
| nail | *mbyak(-ì, -si) |
| person | *mbar(-am, -i) |
| leg | *-sə̀m |
| name | *(yì)sûm(-s₃) |
| drink | *s₂a |
| long | *s₂aar(-ì, -aŋ, -p) |
| meat | *ɬâw |
| stand up | *ɬak, *ɬik |
| earth | *ɠa(N)ɬ₁ |
| root | *ɬ₂ar(-ì, -t, -k, -n) |
| eye | *(gwà)yìr(-ŋ) |
| neck | *yáàr, gʷàr |
| two | *rwàp |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Shimizu, Kiyoshi. 1978. The Southern Bauchi group of Chadic languages: a survey report. (Africana Marburgensia: Sonderheft, 2.) Marburg/Lahn: Africana Marburgensia.