Appendix:Proto-Omotic reconstructions
Bender (1987: 33-35)[1] reconstructs the following proto-forms for Proto-Omotic and Proto-North Omotic, the latter which is considered to have descended from Proto-Omotic.
List
[edit]| English gloss | Proto- Omotic |
Proto-North Omotic |
|---|---|---|
| ashes | *bend | |
| bird | *kaf | |
| bite | *sats’ | |
| breast | *t’iam | |
| claw | *ts’ugum | |
| die | *hayk’ | |
| dog | *kan | |
| egg | *ɓul | |
| fire | *tam | |
| grass | *maata | |
| hand | *kuc | |
| head | *to- | |
| hear | *si- | |
| mouth | *non- | |
| nose | *si(n)t’ | |
| root | *ts’ab- | |
| snake | *šooš | |
| stand (vb.) | *yek’ | |
| this | *kʰan- | |
| thou (2.SG) | *ne(n) | |
| water | *haats’ | |
| we (1.PL) | *nu(n) | |
| ye (2.PL) | *int- | |
| green | *c’il- | |
| house | *kyet | |
| left | *hadr- | |
| elephant | *daŋgVr | |
| sister, mother | *ind | |
| armpit | *šoɓ- | |
| boat | *gong- | |
| grave | *duuk | |
| vomit | *c’oš- |
References
[edit]- ^ Bender, Lionel M. 1987. "First Steps Toward proto-Omotic." Current Approaches to African Linguistics 3 (1987): 21-36.