Talk:Proto-Eigə-Isthmus/Lexicon

Proposed roots

Fairly certain

• *bas 'flat, smooth' --> Far baš 'even, flat', FMiw pasta 'cloth'
• *dzu(s)n 'red, color' --> Far rušnen 'color, paint', EMiw tun 'red'
• *ða(r)ja 'dance' --> Far daradan 'dance' (< a reduplicated stem *ða(r)ja-ða or *ða-ða(r)ja), EMiw varja, FMiw varja: 'dance'
• *ga(s)d 'float, ?flow, stream' --> Far gars 'boat', NT Kasadgad (< Ngauro *kasd-kasd ?'many streams' or 'many boats')
• *gi (see *jwir(C), *zwir(C))
• *gwent 'fly' --> Far ghantač 'dragon', FMiw kwintas 'bird'
• *li(t) 'sing, song' --> Far *letan 'sing', lets 'longsword', FMiw li 'song'
• *maws, *mos 'house, dwelling' --> Far mašt 'house, palace', NT mos 'city' (< Ngauro loan)
• *me(s)g 'behave badly' --> Far maghačan 'loot, take as booty', OEMiw me:g 'be loud, be rowdy'
• *mun 'soft' --> Far muns 'soft, weak', FMiw mul 'oblivious' (*m...n > m...l?)
• *naga 'lord, chief' --> Far nagat 'lord, chief', NT naka 'god' (< Ngauro loan)
• *nidz 'weak' --> Far ner 'bad, weak', FMiw ni:glu 'feeble'
• *njadz-ga 'war' --> Far nirgha 'war', FMiw za:ska: 'war' (< Ngauro loan)
• *tlujb 'marry' --> Far triban 'marry', FMiw dimbal 'wife' (*b-b > m-b?)
• *trelk 'king, ruler' --> Far čark 'king', NT diàka 'king' (< Ngauro *djak(-a))
• *tsimp 'twist' --> Far sempan 'twist, stunt', EMiw timpi:za 'necklace'
• *tsuj(θ) 'sea, seashore' --> Far sif 'sea, ocean', NT sau, Far soi 'coast' (both < Ngauro *saʉ)
• *tswa 'gold' --> Far sat 'gold' (< PI *tso-t), FMiw twa:nka 'gold'
• *zant 'decide, judge' --> Far rantan 'test, prove', NT santa 'legal', santau 'illegal', sanlena 'public' (< Ngauro loans), FMiw zinti: 'taboo'
• *zwir(C) 'moon' --> Far gereč 'moon', EMiw zwi:ki 'moon' (with *gi prefixed in Far, but suffixed in EMiw; EMiw possibly < Ngauro loan)

Less certain

• *ʔas adposition --> PI genitive/accusative *as-, Fmiw as-, az-
• *ʔas-gijr(C) 'powerful' --> Far gheč 'mighty, powerful', FMiw aska:r 'haunted' (vowel correspondence uncertain)
• *ʔas-guj 'sharp, hurt' --> Far ghisk 'knife', FMiw askini: 'painful'
• *ʔas-gu(n) 'old, honored' --> Far ghun 'old', FMiw asku 'polite'
• *ʔum adposition --> Far genitive -um, EMiw m-
• *bo(r), *po(r) 'shine' --> Far balan 'iron' (if a compound based on 'glitter', -> 'metal'), OEMiw *bu:r 'shine' (correspondences problematic; Far supposedly < PI *balon, but maybe this is a Ngauro loan?)
• *dzjaθ, *dzraθ 'move suddenly, flare' --> Far rifan 'scare', OEMiw traf 'fire' (correspondences uncertain)
• *k(l)ijl 'seize, capture' --> Far krertan, FMiw guljad 'defeat' (correspondences uncertain)
• *pew ethnonym (?'people') --> Far Faragh (< *as-pew-josg), EMiw Miw (< *um-pew)
• *puw(sg) 'make' --> Far foghan 'make, craft', possibly NT alpau 'make, create' (?< Ngauro *(al)paʉ; correspondences uncertain) or FMiw bizgi: 'sacrifice' (maybe more likely?)

Eigə Valley only

• PEV *kajm/*kem 'know, understand' --> NT kaime 'study', kenla 'teacher, scribe' (< Ngauro loans), FMiw kim 'recipe, spell, algorithm, prescription', ki:mat 'comprehension' (fairly certain)