Appendix:Proto-Eastern Jebel reconstructions

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The following list of Proto-Eastern Jebel reconstructions is from Bender (1998: 55-63).[1]

Key[edit]

  • One asterisk: Proto-Eastern Jebel reconstruction
  • Two asterisks: tentative Proto-Eastern Jebel reconstruction
  • Parentheses without asterisks: form(s) from individual languages; reconstruction uncertain

List[edit]

No. English gloss Proto-Eastern Jebel
1 all *tEbbisi
2 ashes **tod-o
3 bark (n.) *por- ?
4 belly **el-
5 big *m(w)ari
6 bird **mi(-je)
7 bite *siib-
8 black **oro-
9 blood **k-afa-d
10 bone **(g-)am-
11 breast *wii-d-
13 claw **mVs-
15 cold *eeji
16 come **laako
17 cut (wiir, wei ?)
18 die **tUr
19 dog **kal-
20 drink **mVt-
21 dry **kekebe
22 ear **si(di ~ gi)
23 eat **ɲam
24 egg **um ~ *am
25 eye **ed ~ *er
26 fat (n.) *aɲo
27 feather **pAt-
28 fire **maa
29 fish **uu(-do ~ gu)
30 fly (v.) **(g)eej-e
31 foot, leg **luu-d
32 give *ans-
33 go **ba
34 good *waar-d
35 grass **asso
36 hair *jAK
37 hand **cor-
38 head **ola
39 hear *eero
40 heart (iyu, i(i)yo)
41 horn **kusul
42 I **aŋ
43 kill **poo-
44 knee **kusu
45 know *kor-mi
48 long *fuluug-
49 louse **(g)EN-
51 meat *oʔoN
52 moon **aguwa
53 mountain **pela
54 mouth **udu
55 name (siigə, saag)
56 neck **ŋaal-
57 new **araaya
60 one **ligidi ~ *leedi ~ *loodi
61 other *maane
62 people *fa ~ *ba
62 person *mil- ~ *mol
63 rain (n.) *ro; *kujə
64 red **pora ?
65 road *aama
66 root *fil-
67 sand (sɛsa, assɛssɛl)
69 see (awr-, aar-)
70 seed *wiic- ~ *woos-
71 sit *ab-
72 skin **ko- ?; (səw, səba)
73 sleep *de-
74 small *tiis-a
75 smoke **pur-u
76 snake **maal-a
77 stand *lEE
78 star *mac- ?
80 sun **biid-i
82 tail **pOri
83 thin (ɖɛɛr, ɗeeɗe)
84 this *-e; (-na, nɛ)
85 thou **uun ~ *in
86 three **eede ~ *oodo
87 tongue **kala-d
88 tooth **ɲi-di
89 tree **kaca
90 two **waadi ~ *waasi
91 warm **luu-
92 water **cii ~ *kii
93 we **(g)a
95 what **ɲi
96 white *po
97 who *ŋa(i)
98 woman **faa-miki
100 ye **g(O)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bender, M. Lionel. 1998. "The Eastern Jebel Languages of Sudan." Afrika und Übersee 81: 39-64.
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