Proto-Aslian language
Proto-Aslian is the reconstructed proto-language of the Aslian languages of Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand. It has been reconstructed by Timothy Phillips.
Reconstructed forms
The 289 reconstructed Proto-Aslian forms below are from Phillips.- *teew 'water, river'
- *bɨŋ 'spider'
- *arɯɯɲ 'termite'
- *liik 'to swallow'
- *rɛɛs 'liver'
- *lɯɯʔ 'pig'
- *soom 'nest'
- *bit 'to close '
- *uay 'one'
- *tam 'to plant'
- *uəc 'to whistle'
- *paay 'new'
- *tam 'right '
- *pɯɯs 'to sweep'
- *tiɛʔ 'earth'
- *cɛɛn 'cooked'
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- *baay 'to dig'
- *bakaʔ 'descendant'
- *baliiŋ 'sky'
- *baʔ 'to carry on back'
- *bəhɔl 'deer'
- *bəhiiʔ 'sated '
- *bək 'to tie'
- *bəkaaw 'flower'
- *bəkah 'to break'
- *bəlaaw 'blowgun'
- *bəliiŋ 'arm'
- *bəlooʔ 'thigh'
- *bənɨm 'mountain'
- *bərɔl 'dart butt'
- *bəriʔ 'forest'
- *bətees 'mushroom'
- *bəyk 'white'
- *bəʔaak 'flood'
- *bəʔet 'good'
- *bɨt 'hot'
- *bɯɯl 'drunk'
- *bɯɯʔ 'to suck'
- *boh 'to put/place'
- *bus 'cane'
- *buyaaʔ 'alligator'
- *cal 'to say'
- *caaʔ 'to eat'
- *cah 'cah'
- *cap 'to catch'
- *cɔk 'to stab'
- *cɛs 'to tear'
- *cɛʔ 'louse'
- *cəruas 'fingernail'
- *cədaaw 'rainbow'
- *cədək 'to hiccough'
- *cɛɛm 'bird'
- *cɛɛn 'to cook'
- *cəgɛh 'hard'
- *cəkʔiɛk 'gecko'
- *cəloon 'back'
- *cəmaʔ 'sharp'
- *cəntɯɯgŋ 'drum'
- *cəŋcɛ̃ɛ̃ŋ 'eyebrow'
- *cərəs 'rib'
- *cəruuʔ 'winnow basket'
- *ciip 'to walk'
- *cɨl 'tattoo'
- *coom 'to burn'
- *cuam 'to dig'
- *cuəh 'to defecate'
- *cuəʔ 'dog'
- *daŋ 'to see'
- *dɔŋ 't.o. monkey'
- *deh 'they '
- *dəkan 'bamboo rat'
- *dəlũũʔ 'to push'
- *dɯɯŋ 'house'
- *duuy 'afternoon'
- *gaal 'waist'
- *gaɲ 'to bite'
- *gɔl 'to carry on back'
- *gəcɛɛʔ 'moon'
- *gəhɛɛt 'sweet'
- *gəlisɛɛh 'to whisper'
- *gəluk 'to laugh'
- *gəriɛŋ 'monitor lizard'
- *gətɔh 'to spit'
- *gɨn 'they '
- *gɯɯm 'to winnow'
- *gulam 'to carry on shoulder'
- *guul 'mortar'
- *hãn 'where'
- *haar 'we two '
- *halap 'to raft'
- *hawar 'mucus'
- *heeʔ 'you '
- *hə̃m 'to breathe'
- *hiiʔ 'we '
- *hiŋkaaʔ 'to play'
- *ɟaam / *ʔiɟaam 'to cry'
- *ɟak 'to step on'
- *ɟaŋkaʔ 'chin/jaw'
- *ɟarlaaʔ 'thorn'
- *ɟɔ̃ɔ̃t 'to suck'
- *ɟeeʔ 'we '
- *ɟəhuuʔ 'tree'
- *ɟəl 'to bark'
- *ɟəʔaaŋ 'bone'
- *ɟɨk 'to breathe'
- *ɟɯɯk 'to move'
- *ɟuŋ 'foot/leg'
- *kniɛʔ 'mouse'
- *kʔiɛp 'centipede'
- *kaac 'to scratch'
- *kaaʔ 'fish'
- *kamiɛk 'to carry under arm'
- *kaɲɔŋ 'elbow'
- *kanɛt 'small'
- *kap 'to bite'
- *karɛɛy 'thunder'
- *karəŋ 'tree trunk'
- *kawããp 'bear'
- *kayoot 'pregnant'
- *kɔɔɲ 'male'
- *ke 'he/she '
- *keŋ 'to pull'
- *kəsiir 'husband'
- *kəbəc 'to fish'
- *kəbɛɛc 'to spit'
- *kəbɨɨʔ 'fruit'
- *kəbɨs 'to die'
- *kəboʔ 'mosquito'
- *kədɛk 'bitter'
- *kɛɛʔ 'to seek'
- *kəhuəy 'to gape'
- *kəl 'to fall'
- *kəlaaŋ 'eagle'
- *kəlapuəh 'shoulder'
- *kəlɨɨt 'firefly'
- *kəluəŋ 'inside'
- *kəm 'to obtain'
- *kəmbaar 'twin'
- *kəmeet 'mosquito'
- *kəmooc 'ghost'
- *kəmuar 'worm, caterpillar'
- *kəmuən 'nephew'
- *kəɲaaŋ 'quick'
- *kəndah 'wife'
- *kəpiil 'turtle'
- *kərɔʔ 'back'
- *kərɟɛr 'to dance'
- *kəroom 'under'
- *kərual 'knee'
- *kəteŋ 'calf '
- *kətɯɯʔ 'skin, bark'
- *kəyɔŋ 'to hear'
- *kiɛt 'anus'
- *kipaaŋ 'top'
- *kɯɯʔ 'to vomit'
- *kooɲ 'male'
- *krkbaak 'butterfly'
- *kuəm 'to hold, grasp'
- *kuən 'child'
- *kuuy 'head'
- *lakuəm 'brain'
- *las 'ant'
- *lɛc 'wrong/miss'
- *lədaʔ 'armpit'
- *leew 'bamboo'
- *ləhiɛŋ 'saliva'
- *lək 'quiver'
- *ləmooɲ 'tooth'
- *ləɲsiɲ 'gums'
- *ləntaak 'tongue'
- *ləŋɛʔ 'neck'
- *ləsəm 'rain'
- *ləwɛɛy 'bee'
- *liɛp 'to plait '
- *mh 'you '
- *mahaam 'blood'
- *man 'to play'
- *mat 'eye'
- *mɔɔh 'nose'
- *məriɛm 'how many?'
- *miɛŋ 'cheek'
- *mroɲ 'louse'
- *muuh 'to bathe'
- *napak 'boar'
- *nɔɔm 'to urinate'
- *nɛŋ 'before'
- *niis 'mat'
- *nooŋ 'road'
- *ɲooʔ 'to suck'
- *padaw 'bee'
- *pak 'to chop'
- *paraaʔ 'shelf'
- *pareeʔ 'monitor lizard'
- *pəhɨɨm 'to break wind'
- *pəlɛʔ 'astonished'
- *pəleek 'bat'
- *pəlɛɛʔ 'fruit'
- *pələm 'leech'
- *pəluaŋ 'roof'
- *pənlɯɯŋ 'egg'
- *pərəc 'wing'
- *pəʔaas 'turtle'
- *pɨɨt 'to extinguish'
- *pɨt 'to blow'
- *puk 'chicken'
- *rəmpiɛt 'to thresh'
- *rəwaay 'soul'
- *riɛt 'to wring'
- *rudɔŋ 'friend'
- *ruəp 'friend'
- *ruəy 'fly'
- *ruuy 'to sow'
- *rʔiɛs / ʔriɛs 'root'
- *sar 'to descend'
- *sɔɔk 'hair, feather'
- *sɛɲ 'end'
- *sətaaʔ 'tail'
- *sɛc 'flesh'
- *sɛɛh 'to pound'
- *sɛɛl 'shy'
- *səguʔ 'to ask, request'
- *səlaay 'field'
- *səlaaʔ 'leaf'
- *səlɨʔdeʔ 'cockroach'
- *səluuh 'to blowpipe'
- *səmaaɲ 'to ask'
- *səmaaʔ 'human being'
- *səŋɛc 'cold'
- *səŋəp 'darkness'
- *siɛc 'to steal'
- *siɛm 'to forget'
- *sisɛʔ 'to dance'
- *siyãʔ 'house'
- *sɯɯc 'to sting'
- *suək 'navel'
- *suəm 'marrow'
- *suuc 'to wash'
- *suup 'lung'
- *taaɲ 'to plait, weave'
- *tabooʔ 'thumb'
- *taɟaak 'to carry in hand'
- *taɟuuʔ 'snake'
- *talun 'python'
- *tawɔɔh 't.o. gibbon'
- *tawiiŋ 'spider'
- *tɔɔt 'to burn'
- *təbiŋ 'full'
- *təhop 'turtle'
- *təhuəl 'to blow'
- *təkɔɔʔ 'pus'
- *təmɔʔ 'stone'
- *təmkal 'male'
- *təniit 'lip'
- *təŋəm 'molar'
- *tiɛk 'to sleep'
- *tiɛl 'footprint'
- *tiil 'to dry'
- *tool 'to carry on head'
- *tuəs 'to pull out'
- *wɔɔk 'to wake up'
- *wen 'to throw out'
- *weeh 'they two '
- *weel 'again'
- *wɛ̃ɛ̃n 'to squeeze'
- *wiɛl 'left '
- *yɛɛʔ 'I '
- *ʔaap 'tiger'
- *ʔaat 'stick/spear'
- *ʔas 'to swell'
- *ʔawak 'ladle'
- *ʔɔ̃ɔ̃ɲ 'to smell'
- *ʔɔɔs 'fire'
- *ʔəʔaak 'crow'
- *ʔɛc 'belly, excrement'
- *ʔəmpuaʔ 'to dream'
- *ʔəndɯɯm 'ripe'
- *ʔəɲiiʔ 'before'
- *ʔəntaŋ 'ear'
- *ʔəntap 'testicle'
- *ʔiiɲ 'I '
- *ʔoo 'wasp'
- *ʔoor 'to command'
- *ʔuək 'to give'
- *ʔuuy 'to do'