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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| 14368 | Barai (South Dialect) | to fear | zuhu- | | be afraid | |
| 14341 | Barai (South Dialect) | to cough | zaha|o | | cough | |
| 14338 | Barai (South Dialect) | to bite | za- | | bite | |
| 15236 | Koitabu | straight | ye|riri-yeriri | | straight | |
| 15658 | Proto-Koiariac | predicative possessive suffix | *-ye | | Predictive possessive suffix | |
| 15660 | Grass Koiari | predicative possessive suffix | -ye | | Predictive possessive suffix | |
| 15659 | Koitabu | predicative possessive suffix | -ye | | Predictive possessive suffix | |
| 14894 | Barai (South Dialect) | (immediate) imperative plural verb suffix | -ye | | imperative plural suffix | |
| 14737 | Koitabu | to dance | yava|yava-nu | | danced (v) | |
| 14736 | Koitabu | to dance | yava|ya | | dance (n) | |
| 15652 | Grass Koiari | to lie down | ya-va- | | sleep, lie down | |
| 14735 | Proto-Koiarian | to dance | *yava- | | | |
| 14728 | Koitabu | they (pronoun d:3p) | yau | | they | |
| 15602 | Grass Koiari | Medial Verb Suffix | -yata | | medial verb suffix | |
| 14963 | Koitabu | Medial Sequential Suffix ("having finished that, and then") | -yareme | | completive action ss (sg), 'having V-ed then… | |
| 14964 | Grass Koiari | Medial Sequential Suffix ("having finished that, and then") | -yareime | | completive action ss (sg), 'having V-ed then… | |
| 14888 | Grass Koiari | (immediate) imperative plural verb suffix | -ya|he | | imperative plural suffix | |
| 14887 | Koitabu | (immediate) imperative plural verb suffix | -ya|he | | imperative plural suffix | |
| 15231 | Grass Koiari | to clear bush for planting | yaha- | | clear grass and/or weeds away | |
| 15230 | Koitabu | to clear bush for planting | yaha- | | shave, remove hair | |
| 15656 | Grass Koiari | string bag | yago | | string bag | |
| 14727 | Proto-Koiarian | they (pronoun d:3p) | *yabu | | | |
| 14729 | Grass Koiari | they (pronoun d:3p) | yabu | | they | |
| 15655 | Koitabu | string bag | yaɣa | | string bag | |
| 15651 | Koitabu | to lie down | ya-ɣa- | | sleep, lie on ground | |
| 15654 | Proto-Koiariac | string bag | *yaɣa | | | |
| 15650 | Proto-Koiariac | to lie down | *ya-ɣa- | | | |
| 14719 | Proto-Koiarian | you pl. (pronoun d:2p) | *ya | | | |
| 14725 | Barai (South Dialect) | you pl. (pronoun d:2p) | ya | | you.pl | |
| 14721 | Grass Koiari | you pl. (pronoun d:2p) | ya | | you.pl | |
| 14720 | Koitabu | you pl. (pronoun d:2p) | ya | | you.pl | |
| 15410 | Mountain Koiari | warm/hot | vuvuneve | | hot (water) | |
| 14978 | Grass Koiari | to think | vuvu- | | think | |
| 14718 | Ömie | (honey) bee | vuomu | | bee | |
| 14567 | Ese | to chop, cut down | vuijo | | cut down with axe | |
| 14980 | Ese | to think | vui | | think | |
| 14715 | Proto-Koiarian | (honey) bee | *vuamu | | | |
| 14968 | Grass Koiari | sibling, same sex, younger | vovo | | sibling, same sex, younger | |
| 15447 | Grass Koiari | rope | vote | | vine, string, rope | |
| 14906 | Mountain Koiari | hair | vomo | | hair, fur, feather | |
| 15443 | Grass Koiari | to return | voira-vi (orovonu) | | return (lit. turn around [and come]) | |
| 15647 | Proto-Koiariac | to spin, twirl | *viriviri- | | | |
| 14563 | Barai (South Dialect) | navel | vinohu | | navel | |
| 14562 | Ömie | navel | vinoh-e | | navel and umbilical cord | |
| 14561 | Proto-Baraic | navel | *vinofV | | | |
| 14333 | Ese | tail | vin-a | | tail (of animal, bird, fish) | |
| 15649 | Mountain Koiari | to spin, twirl | vili|vili-a | | spin, twirl, go around in circles | |
| 14557 | Proto-Baraic | to pain | *vi(ʔ,k)e | | | |
| 14558 | Ömie | to pain | viʔe|h-e | | pain | |
| 14697 | Mountain Koiari | penis | vevu | | penis | |
