Appendix:Proto-Tarokoid reconstructions
Appearance
The following list of Proto-Tarokoid reconstructions is from Longtau (2004).
List
[edit]Gloss | Proto-Tarokoid |
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to burn | *bi-ʃi |
head | *iki-ʃi |
tongue | *iki-lerem ~ *iti-lem |
to monger iron | *kɨ-la |
bed | *iki-ler |
tail | *iku-ʃol |
hyena | *mmu-tuŋ |
duiker | *in-tep |
guinea fowl | *iru-nshyok |
ladder | *n-kwaŋ |
fonio | *iti-ʃi |
head-pad | *ati-kat |
knee | *itu-kuruŋ |
bone | *atu-kubi |
corpse | *atu-kum |
skin | *a-tukwa |
heart | *itun-rum |
money | *igi-ʧam |
fruit bat | *igi-gyak |
husband | *u-rom |
termite | *i-ʃum |
hunger | *y-yɔŋ |
References
[edit]- Longtau, Selbut. 2004. Some Historical Inferences from Lexical Borrowings and Traditions of Origins in the Tarokoid/Chadic Interface. International Symposium on Endangered Languages in Contact: Nigeria’s Plateau Languages. Hamburg: Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität Hamburg.