Appendix:Proto-Tarokoid reconstructions
The following list of Proto-Tarokoid reconstructions is from Longtau (2004).
List
[edit]| Gloss | Proto-Tarokoid |
|---|---|
| to burn | *bi-ʃi |
| head | *iki-ʃi |
| tongue | *iki-lerem ~ *iti-lem |
| to monger iron | *kɨ-la |
| bed | *iki-ler |
| tail | *iku-ʃol |
| hyena | *mmu-tuŋ |
| duiker | *in-tep |
| guinea fowl | *iru-nshyok |
| ladder | *n-kwaŋ |
| fonio | *iti-ʃi |
| head-pad | *ati-kat |
| knee | *itu-kuruŋ |
| bone | *atu-kubi |
| corpse | *atu-kum |
| skin | *a-tukwa |
| heart | *itun-rum |
| money | *igi-ʧam |
| fruit bat | *igi-gyak |
| husband | *u-rom |
| termite | *i-ʃum |
| hunger | *y-yɔŋ |
References
[edit]- Longtau, Selbut. 2004. Some Historical Inferences from Lexical Borrowings and Traditions of Origins in the Tarokoid/Chadic Interface. International Symposium on Endangered Languages in Contact: Nigeria’s Plateau Languages. Hamburg: Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität Hamburg.