Clouse, D.A. 1997. Towards a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya. In Franklin, K. (ed). Papers in Papuan Linguistics No. 2. Pacific Linguistics: Canberra.
Provided Lexicon:
| ID | Language | Word | Entry | Source Gloss | Annotation | Loan |
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| 220543 | Demisa | old | maan medek | | | |
| 216633 | Iau | sharp (as knife) | ma-bɛ | | | |
| 216611 | Iau | thick | mabɔ-bɛ | | | |
| 221656 | Rasawa | to know (facts) | maboβiye | | | |
| 214415 | Awera | sea (ocean) | mæ | | | |
| 217878 | Iau | yellow | mae-bɛ | | | |
| 222196 | Awera | to give | mæɾie | | | |
| 212870 | Berik | tongue | maflam | | | |
| 212871 | Orya | tongue | mahal | | | |
| 218925 | Edopi | to shoot | mai | | | |
| 221603 | Edopi | to come | mai | | | |
| 216741 | Saponi | moon | maɾiɾɛ | | | |
| 217137 | Berik | garden | makana | | | |
| 215428 | Saponi | path | makiɾawo | | | |
| 221112 | Saponi | 2SG (2nd person singular) | makiɾawɔ | | | |
| 222349 | Saponi | to cry | maki-sawɔ | | | |
| 221740 | Saponi | to talk | makwaⁱto | | | |
| 223912 | Berik | shoulder | malam | | | |
| 222448 | Kaure | to pull | maliau | | | |
| 221655 | Saponi | to know (facts) | mamaⁱwɔ | | | |
| 221692 | Saponi | to see | mamaⁱwɔ | | | |
| 221054 | Saponi | I (pronoun d:1s) | mamiɾɛ | | | |
| 221495 | Saponi | we incl. plural (pronoun d:1p, incl, plural) | mamiɾɛ | | | |
| 218580 | Orya | big | mamna | | | |
| 222329 | Saponi | shy, ashamed | mamueⁱf-ɣawɔ | | | |
| 224241 | Berik | rainbow | manganu | | | |
| 221667 | Saponi | to hear | maɣɔɾa | | | |
| 213577 | Saponi | swollen | ma-ɣɔwɔ | | | |
| 213031 | Berik | nose | mase | | | |
| 213032 | Orya | nose | mase | | | |
| 224357 | Bauzi | yesterday | mat | | | |
| 217029 | Berik | star | mato | | | |
| 217027 | Kaure | star | matupaple | | | |
| 220581 | Awera | outside | maugwa | | | |
| 216652 | Kirikiri | dull (knife) | maɣu-we | | | |
| 214595 | Kirikiri | slick | mau-we | | | |
| 217938 | Orya | bird | mawa | | | |
| 223981 | Orya | butterfly | mawa aukuk | | | |
| 216653 | Edopi | dull (knife) | ma-wei | | | |
| 214434 | Dani, Western | salt | mayu | | | |
| 216374 | Dani, Western | rain | mayu | | | |
| 222055 | Awera | no, not | maɾβe | | | |
| 220280 | Kaure | house | mba | | | |
| 224615 | Tause | string bag | mba | | | |
| 217289 | Dani, Western | to mow | mbanak | | | |
| 214661 | Dani, Western | two | mbeɾe | | | |
| 214928 | Dani, Western | few | mbeɾeluk | | | |
| 213848 | Dani, Western | sand | mbini | | | |
| 216397 | Dani, Western | sky | mbogut | | | |
| 217230 | Dani, Western | grass | mbooɾi | | | |
