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 of | Munda 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.
| Gloss | Proto-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).
See also
    
    
References
    
- 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.
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