Reconstruction:Proto-Trans-New Guinea/inda

This Proto-Trans-New Guinea entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Trans-New Guinea

Noun

*inda

1. tree, wood
2. fire

Descendants

• Kainantu–Goroka:
  • Tairora: ir
• Engan:
  • Enga: ita
  • Huli: ira
• Kutubu:
  • Foi: ira
  • Fasu: ira
• Dani:
  • Western Dani: idu
  • Ngalik: idu(k)etu
• Paniai Lakes:
  • Moni: usa
• Inland Gulf:
  • Hoia Hoia, Mubami, Ipiko: de
• Anim:
  • Marind: de
• Awin-Pa:
  • Aekyom: di ‘firewood, fire’
• Gogodalic-Suki:
  • Gogodala: ila ‘tree, fire’
• Kiwaian:
  • Southern Kiwai: era
• Greater Binanderean:
  • Binandere: izi
• Dagan:
  • Daga: ira
• Koiarian:
  • Koiari: idu
  • Managalasi: ija
• Goilalan:
  • Fuyuge: ije
• Kwalean:
  • Kwale: ire
• Manubaran:
  • Maria: ita(isa)
• Pawaia:
  • Pawaia: in
• Timor-Alor-Pantar: *inda ‘tree, wood’ (Proto-Timor-Alor-Pantar)

References

• Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 21–196. →ISBN.