Kutubuan languages

Languages

• East Kutubuan
• *Foe, Fiwaga
• West Kutubuan
• *Fasu, Some, Namumi

  Evolution

• gage- ‘carry on back’ < *kak
• ku- ‘die’ < *kumV-
• na- ‘eat’ < *na-
• korage ‘leg’ < *kondok
• gariko ‘neck’ < *kak
• ira ‘tree’ < *inda
• kuba ‘wind’ < *kumbutu
• ya ‘bird’ < *yaka
• babo ‘mother’s sister’ < *mbamba ‘older same sex sibling’

• ku- ‘die’ < *kumV-
• na- ‘eat’ < *na-
• reke- ‘stand’ < ta,e,i)k
• ama ‘mother’ < *am
• apa ‘father’ < *apa
• himu ‘heart, stomach’ < *simb
• iti ‘hair’ < *iti
• korake ‘leg’ < *kndok
• kinu ‘shoulder’ < *kinV
• kau ‘skin’ < *kapu
• sikini ‘hand’ < *sal
• pisi ‘urine’ < *pisi
• mane ‘make the law’ < *mana ‘instructions’
• horop ‘long’ < *ktiV
• api ‘husband’ < *ambi ‘man’
• papa ‘mother’s sister’ < *mbamba ‘older same sex sibling’
• ira ‘tree’ < *inda
• sakipu ‘sand’ < *saasiŋ
• kupa ‘wind’ < *kumbutu