Source: Dutton (2010)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14463 | Barai (North Dialect) | to sleep | nina-e | sleep | ||
| 15173 | Mountain Koiari | to cry | nina- | cry, wail | ||
| 15169 | Proto-Koiarian | to cry | *ni[na]- | |||
| 14461 | Proto-Baraic | to sleep | *ni[n]a- | |||
| 15175 | Barai (North Dialect) | to cry | ni|me- | cry | ||
| 15508 | Proto-Koiariac | woman | *nigi | |||
| 15509 | Koitabu | woman | nigi | skirt, woman's dress | ||
| 15510 | Grass Koiari | woman | nigi | skirt, woman's dress | ||
| 15511 | Mountain Koiari | woman | nigi | grass skirt | ||
| 14462 | Ömie | to sleep | nia|v-e | sleep | ||
| 79324 | Ese | tomorrow | niari | yesterday, tomorrow | ||
| 14460 | Ese | yesterday | niari | yesterday, tomorrow | ||
| 15168 | Ese | eye | ni-a | eye | ||
| 15176 | Barai (South Dialect) | to cry | ni- | cry | ||
| 15161 | Proto-Koiarian | eye | *ni | |||
| 15156 | Proto-Koiarian | for, benefactive (cliticised or suffixed to noun) | *ni | |||
| 15166 | Barai (North Dialect) | eye | ni | eye | ||
| 15164 | Mountain Koiari | eye | ni | eye, face | ||
| 15159 | Ömie | for, benefactive (cliticised or suffixed to noun) | ni | for | ||
| 15163 | Grass Koiari | eye | ni | eye | ||
| 15162 | Koitabu | eye | ni | eye | ||
| 15158 | Grass Koiari | for, benefactive (cliticised or suffixed to noun) | ni | to (dative), for (benefactive) | ||
| 15157 | Koitabu | for, benefactive (cliticised or suffixed to noun) | ni | to (dative), for (benefactive) | ||
| 14459 | Barai (South Dialect) | yesterday | neru | yesterday, tomorrow | ||
| 79323 | Barai (South Dialect) | tomorrow | neru | yesterday, tomorrow | ||
| 79322 | Ömie | tomorrow | nëri | yesterday, tomorrow | ||
| 14458 | Ömie | yesterday | nëri | yesterday, tomorrow | ||
| 15668 | Grass Koiari | tongue | neme-ka | tongue | ||
| 15670 | Proto-Koiariac | middle, tongue | *neme | middle, tongue | ||
| 15669 | Koitabu | middle, tongue | neme | middle, centre | ||
| 15667 | Mountain Koiari | tongue | neme | tongue | ||
| 14465 | Ese | to sleep | nej-o | sleep | ||
| 79321 | Proto-Baraic | tomorrow | *n(e,i)ri | yesterday, tomorrow | ||
| 14457 | Proto-Baraic | yesterday | *n(e,i)ri | yesterday, tomorrow | ||
| 15506 | Grass Koiari | mother | neina-ka | mother | ||
| 15503 | Proto-Koiariac | mother | *neina | |||
| 15504 | Koitabu | mother | neina | mother | ||
| 15507 | Mountain Koiari | mother | neina | mother | ||
| 15153 | Proto-Koiarian | if | *-ne(i) | if, when (conditional verb suffix) | ||
| 15154 | Koitabu | if | -nei | when, if (past tense), after, then | ||
| 14714 | Ese | to rain | ne|h-a | rain | ||
| 14357 | Ese | bush | ne|chiʔ-a | bush | ||
| 15155 | Barai (North Dialect) | if | -ne | conditional verb suffix, past and future tenses | ||
| 15147 | Barai (South Dialect) | interrogative | -ne | interrogative particle | question marker (on pronoun subject) | |
| 15146 | Barai (North Dialect) | interrogative | -ne | interrogative particle | question marker (on pronoun subject) | |
| 15143 | Grass Koiari | interrogative | -ne | interrogative particle | question form of specifier (on subject mostly) | |
| 15501 | Grass Koiari | like, similar | navate | like, resemble, similar | ||
| 15073 | Ese | wife | na|par-a | wife | ||
| 15151 | Ömie | to chew | nano|v-e | chew | ||
| 15152 | Ese | to chew | nana|chav-o | chew |