Proto-Munda language

Proto-Munda is the reconstructed proto-language of the Munda languages of South Asia. It has been reconstructed by Sidwell & Rau (2015).

Proto-Munda
Reconstruction ofMunda languages
Reconstructed
ancestor

Reconstruction

The following Proto-Munda lexical proto-forms have been reconstructed by Sidwell & Rau (2015: 319, 340-363).[1] Two asterisks are given to denote the tentative, preliminary state of the proto-language reconstruction.

GlossProto-Munda
belly**(sə)laɟ
big**məraŋ
to bite**kaˀp
black**kE(n)dE
blood**məjam
bone**ɟaːˀŋ
to burn (vt.)**gEˀp
claw/nail**rəmAj
cloud**tərIˀp
cold**raŋ
die (of a person)**gOˀj
dog**sOˀt
to drink (water)**uˀt, **uˀk
dry (adj./stat.)**(ə)sAr
ear**lutur, **luˀt
earth/soil**ʔOte
to eat**ɟOm
egg**(ə)tAˀp
eye**maˀt
fat/grease/oil**sunum
feather**bəlEˀt
fire**səŋal
fish (n.)**ka, **kadO(ŋ)
fly (v.)**pEr
foot**ɟəːˀŋ
give**ʔam
hair (of head)**suˀk
hand**tiːˀ
to hear/listen**ajɔm
heart, liver**(gə)rE, **ʔim
horn**dəraŋ
I**(n)iɲ
to kill**(bə)ɡOˀɟ
leaf**Olaːˀ
to lie (down)**gətiˀc
long**ɟəlƏŋ
louse (head)**siːˀ
man/husband, person/human**kOrOˀ
meat/flesh**ɟəlU(Uˀ)
moon**harkE, **aŋaj
mountain/hill**bəru(uˀ)
mouth**təmOˀt
name**ɲUm
neck**kO, **gOˀk
new**təmI
night**(m)ədiˀp
nose**muːˀ
not**əˀt
one**mOOˀj
rain**gəma
red**ɟəŋAˀt
road, path**kOrA
root (of a tree)**rEˀt
sand**kEˀt
see**(n)El
sit**kO
skin**usal
sleep**gətiˀc
smoke (n.)**mOˀk
to speak, say**sun, **gam, **kaj
to stand**tənaŋ, **tƏŋgə
stone**bərƏl, **sərEŋ
sun**siŋi(iˀ)
tail**pata
thigh**buluuˀ
that (dist.)**han
this (prox.)**En
thou/you**(n)Am
tongue**laːˀŋ
tooth**gənE
tree**ɟiːˀ
two**baːˀr
to walk, go**sEn
to weave**ta(aˀ)ɲ
water**daːˀk
woman/wife**selA, **kəni
yellow**saŋsaŋ

Proto-Munda reconstruction has since been revised and improved by Rau (2019).[2][3]

See also

References

  1. Sidwell, Paul and Felix Rau (2015). "Austroasiatic Comparative-Historical Reconstruction: An Overview." In Jenny, Mathias and Paul Sidwell, eds (2015). The Handbook of Austroasiatic Languages. Leiden: Brill.
  2. Rau, Felix. (2019). Advances in Munda historical phonology. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3380908
  3. Rau, Felix. (2019). Munda cognate set with proto-Munda reconstructions (Version 0.1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3380874
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