Proto-Eigə-Isthmus/Lexicon

There's one variable: *O = {*o, *wa, *we, *wo}. Words given in red are attested in both Isthmus and Eigə Valley; words in black are currently only attested in Isthmus; words in green are currently only attested in Eigə Valley. A little semantic change has been applied here and there, but not enough for realism.

• *-ʔa (active voice suffix)
• *ʔas(-) (?genitive marker)
• *ʔat 'great(ly), strong(ly)'
• *-ʔi (causative voice suffix)
• *ʔij[s/z], *ŋij[s/z] ? 'speak, talk, word, tongue' [> Meshi aysu 'speak, communicate' - includes stem *-ʔaw (middle of active) or *-ʔu (middle)]
• *ʔiwt, *ju(w)t, *riwt 'hold, own'
• *-ʔu (middle/anticausative voice suffix)
• *ʔum (?genitive marker)

• *bad 'father'
• *bas 'smooth, flat'
• *beŋ 'what'
• *bin 'nothing'
• *blen 'face'
• *bru(w), *dru(w), *gru(w) 'little' [> Proto-Isthmus diminutive suffix *-ɖu]

• *da 'I' (1SG)
• *d(z)alg, *tsalg 'think, know, be aware of' [> FMiw talgu: 'remember' - includes stem *-ʔaw (middle of active) or *-ʔu (middle)]]
• *d(l/z)aw number, count
• *d(l)en, *d(l)ajn 'many, large quantity' [> OEMiw -ten 'many', Meshi chima]
• *-di (deverbal suffix) [> Faraghin participial ending -d, Ngauro & OEMiw action nominalizer -ti]
• *dik ? 'make, form'
• *dim 'give' (with causative voice)
• *dludz '(be) awake'
• *dlum 'tell about' [> Faraghin druman 'denounce (to the king)', OEMiw hearsay particle tu:zi]
• *drujθ 'move suddenly, flare' [> Faraghin rifan 'scare', OEMiw traf 'fire']

• *dzim ? (second element of a Faraghin compound meaning 'honor')
• *dzusn '(be) red'

• *ða, *ðe ? 'girl, daughter'
• *ða(r)j 'dance'
• *ðog 'set down'
• *ðuθ, *ðawθ honour

• *-ga ? (nominalizing suffix)
• *gad 'flow, float' [> Faraghin gars 'boat', Ngauro kasd 'stream']
• *gewd, *gwed ? 'young, younger brother'
• *gi (element in a compound meaning 'the moon'; related to the following)
• *gijr 'powerful, numinous'
• *gop 'take, carry'
• *gwent 'to fly'
• *gug, *gawg ? 'jar, cup, container; clay' [> Meshi kug 'jar']
• *guj 'sharp, hurt'
• *gu(r/w)n 'old, ?honored'
• *gurk, *gurt(s) 'we' (1PL)
• *gu(w)d 'grandchild; descend (from an ancestor)'

• *-k (?nominalizer)
• *kard(z), *karg, *kOrd(z), *kOrg 'good'
• *kat 'amuse'
• *kej, *ke(r/w)ŋ 'who' (interrogative)
• *kid '(be) angry'
• *kijb 'eat'
• *ke(j)[(t)s/(d)z]-, *ki[(t)s/(d)z] ? 'soil, defecate' [> Meshi gise 'defecate', possibly j-grade and probably includes stem *-ʔuj (causative of middle)]
• *kit ? (first element of a Faraghin compound meaning 'honor')
• *kju(r/w)s, k(w)irs, *k(w)iws ? (first element of a Faraghin compound meaning 'bequeath')
• *k(l)ijl 'seize, capture, ?defeat'
• *klo(w)n 'guts, ?boldness'
• *kra, *pra, *tra ? 'repeat, do repeatedly'
• *kri(ts), *pri(ts), *tri(ts) ? 'over, cover'
• *kruk, *pruk, *truk 'clench, make a fist'
• *ku(r/w)n 'malevolent spirit'

• *lab/d/gru(r/w), *larb(u(r/w)), *lard/gu(r/w) ? '(be) free'
• *li 'song, sing'
• *lu(w)dz 'they' (3PL)
• *lu(w)p 'lie, deceive'

• *mag, *meg 'boil' [> Far. dumagh 'glass', OEMiw qwa:meti 'leaf-boiling, tea'; possibly related to *meg 'behave badly' (see below)]
• *maws, *mos 'house'
• *meg ? 'behave badly' [> Faraghin maghačan 'loot, take as booty', OEMiw me:g 'be loud, be rowdy'; possibly a metaphorical use of *mag, *meg 'boil' (see above)]
• *m[ew/iw/uj]t ? 'female, woman' [> Meshi met 'woman']
• *min 'son'
• *mis 'this' (deictic)
• *mun 'soft'
• *mu(w)dz 'blood'

• *na-ga 'lord, chief'
• *nak ? 'outside'
• *nidz 'weak'
• *nij, *niŋ ? 'place'
• *njadz-ga 'fighting, war'
• *njo(r/w), *ŋO(r/w) 'he/she' (3SG)
• *nO(w)-po(w)l ? 'be bored' (possibly a Faraghin compound)

• *pat 'one'
• *pew 'people'
• *piw(ts), *pju(w)(ts) ? 'not' (> Faraghin negative prefix)
• *pleg 'meet'
• *plu(r/w)n ? 'stab, slash'
• *puj 'clean, be clean'
• *puw(s)g 'make' (? cf. FMiw bizgi: 'sacrifice')

• *ridz ? '(domestic) animal'
• *rits ? (> Isthmus locative postposition)
• *rujn ? 'like, similar'

• *sanu(C), *sam[t(s)/d(z)]u(C) ? 'village, house, home' [> Meshi *sanu 'village']
• *siŋ 'holy' [> Meshi Meshi from *(ʔu)m-pew-siŋ]
• *s-its ? 'holder, user'
• *sO(r/w)n 'fire'
• *sud 'circle, go around'
• *su(r/w) ? (second element of a PI compound 'lord of X' meaning 'bear'-- maybe 'forest' or 'hills'?)

• *te(w)t, *θe(w)t 'rule, method'
• *tidz, *θidz 'great'
• *til, *θil ? (second element of a Faraghin compound meaning 'bequeath')
• *tjo(r/w)n(t) 'left hand'
• *tlujb 'marry' (possibly j-grade of a root *tlub 'be married')
• *tsw[i/ej], *dzw[i/ej], *dlw[i/ej] hot
• *tartar, *terter, *tortor, *θarθar, *θerθer, *θorθor ? 'sister'
• *tow ? 'sand'
• *trelk 'king, chief'
• *tujn, *θujn 'thou' (2SG)
• *tu(n)d, *θu(n)d 'watch, tend'
• *twik, *ts(w)ik, *θwik 'call, name'

• *tsimp 'twist'
• *tswa 'gold'
• *tsujθ 'sea, coast'
• *tsurn 'two'

• *θur, *θawr tree

• *-wa (plural suffix)
• *we(r/w) 'you' (2PL)

• *za(-) (dative/locative marker)
• *zant 'decide, judge'
• *zwir(k/t/ts) ? (element in a compound meaning 'the moon'; maybe by itself it means 'star')