Dutton, T.E., 2010. Reconstructing Proto Koiarian: The history of a Papuan language family, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Provided Lexicon:
| ID | Language | Word | Entry | Source Gloss | Annotation | Loan |
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| 15513 | Koitabu | verb suffix, past tense SG | -nu | | verb suffix, past tense sg | |
| 15514 | Grass Koiari | verb suffix, past tense SG | -nu | | verb suffix, past tense sg | |
| 15515 | Mountain Koiari | verb suffix, past tense SG | -nu | | verb suffix, past tense sg | |
| 15516 | Proto-Koiariac | who? | *-are | | | |
| 15517 | Koitabu | who? | -are | | who, which | |
| 15518 | Grass Koiari | who? | -are | | who, which | |
| 15519 | Mountain Koiari | who? | -ale | | who | |
| 15520 | Proto-Koiariac | pig | *ofo | | | |
| 15521 | Koitabu | pig | oho | | pig | |
| 15522 | Grass Koiari | pig | oho | | pig | |
| 15523 | Mountain Koiari | pig | ovo | | pig | |
| 15524 | Proto-Koiariac | this | *oko | | | |
| 15525 | Koitabu | this | o | | this | |
| 15526 | Grass Koiari | this | oko | | this | |
| 15527 | Mountain Koiari | this | ko | | this | |
| 15528 | Proto-Koiariac | what? | *ono | | | |
| 15529 | Grass Koiari | what? | ono | | what (is it)? (self questioning) | |
| 15530 | Mountain Koiari | what? | ono | | what | |
| 15531 | Proto-Koiariac | to dig | *rofo- | | | |
| 15532 | Koitabu | to dig | roho- | | dig (hole) | |
| 15533 | Grass Koiari | to dig | roho- | | dig (hole) | |
| 15534 | Mountain Koiari | to dig | lovo- | | dig | |
| 15535 | Proto-Koiariac | because | *-ru | | | |
| 15536 | Grass Koiari | because | V-are-ru | | because V | |
| 15537 | Mountain Koiari | because | V-ale-rua | | because V | |
| 15538 | Proto-Koiariac | quickly | *soreka | | | |
| 15539 | Grass Koiari | quickly | soreka | | quickly | |
| 15540 | Mountain Koiari | quickly | soleka | | quick(ly), fast | |
| 15541 | Proto-Koiariac | before | *subuta | | | |
| 15542 | Koitabu | before | subuta | | long ago, before, old | |
| 15543 | Grass Koiari | before | subuta | | long ago, before, old | |
| 15544 | Mountain Koiari | before | subuta | | before | |
| 15545 | Proto-Koiariac | tail | *(t,d)ete | | | |
| 15546 | Koitabu | tail | (to) tete-ka | | (dog's) tail | |
| 15547 | Grass Koiari | tail | (to) tete-ka | | (dog's) tail | |
| 15548 | Mountain Koiari | tail | dete | | tail | |
| 15549 | Proto-Koiariac | and | *-ta...-ta | | | |
| 15550 | Grass Koiari | and | NP-ta...NP-ta | | NP and NP | |
| 15551 | Mountain Koiari | and | NP-ta...NP-ta | | NP and NP | |
| 15552 | Proto-Koiariac | also | *-taɣe | | | |
| 15553 | Koitabu | also | (NP)-taɣe | | also | |
| 15554 | Grass Koiari | also | (NP)-tae | | also | |
| 15555 | Mountain Koiari | also | (NP)-ta | | also | |
| 15556 | Proto-Koiariac | man | *ata | | | |
| 15557 | Koitabu | man | ata | | man | |
| 15558 | Grass Koiari | man | ata | | man | |
| 15559 | Mountain Koiari | man | ata | | person, people | |
| 15560 | Proto-Koiariac | raised land, ridge | *tana | | | |
| 15561 | Koitabu | raised land, ridge | tana | | raised land, ridge | |
| 15562 | Grass Koiari | raised land, ridge | tana | | ridge of land | |
