Selepet language
Selepet is a Papuan language spoken in Selepet Rural LLG, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
Evolution
Below are some reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea proposed by Pawley :| proto-Trans-New Guinea | Selepet |
| *masi ‘orphan’ | madu |
| *mee ‘head’ | mete ‘forehead’ |
| *mVV + t- ‘vomit’ | mohat |
| *mVn-‘be, live, stay’ | man- ‘live, dwell’ |
| *mo ‘penis’ | mɔi |
| *elak ‘light, lightning’ | belek |
| *kumV- ‘die’ | |
| *iman ‘louse’ | imen |
| *umu ‘hair’ | somot |
| *amu ‘breast’ | am ‘breast, milk’ |
| *am ‘mother’ | ɔmɔ |
| *na- ‘eat’ | ne- |
| *nVŋg- ‘know, hear, see’ | nɔgɔ- ‘hear, know, listen to s.t.’ |
| *ni ‘1PL free pronoun’ | ne ‘1PL’, ne ‘1DL’ |
| *ni ‘bird’ | nɔi |
| *kanne ‘left ’ | kane |
| *mVn-‘be, live, stay’ | man- ‘live, dwell’ |
| *mbena ‘arm’ | bɔt |
| *kani ‘foot’ | kɔi |
| *iman ‘louse’ | imen |
| *-Vn ‘1SGsubj agrmt’ | -an ‘1SG, 1PL’ |
| *ŋaŋ ‘baby’ | ŋaŋa |
| *mbalaŋ ‘flame’ | balam |
| *mbilaŋ ‘tongue’ | ni-bilam |
| *saasiŋ ‘sand’ | sak |
| *mbalaŋ ‘flame’ | balam |
| *mbilaŋ ‘tongue’ | bilim |
| *mbena ‘arm’ | bot |
| *mbulikV ‘turn ’ | purik |
| *imbi ‘name’ | ibi |
| *sambV ‘cloud’ | hibim ‘sky’ |
| *ambi ‘man’ | ibi ‘woman’ |
| *simb ‘guts’ | tep- ‘stomach, intestines’ |
| *siat ‘saliva’ | |
| *kutV ‘long’ | kɔlip |
| *kambu ‘ashes’ | kɔu |
| *kendp ‘fire’ | kɔlɔp |
| *nde- ‘speak’ | sɔmedial |
| *kendp ‘fire’ | kɔlɔp |
| *kakV ‘ear’ | ɔndɔp |
| *tVk- ‘cut, cut off’ | tok ‘snap, break’ |
| *kutV ‘long’ | kɔlip |
| *kVtak ‘new’ | irak |
| *umu ‘hair’ | somot |
| *saasin ‘sand’ | sak |
| *umu ‘hair’ | somot |
| *siat ‘saliva’ | |
| *simb ‘guts’ | tep- ‘stomach, intestines’ |
| *sambV ‘cloud’, ‘sky’ | hibim ‘sky’ |
| *masi ‘orphan’ | madu |
| *nj- ‘burn’ | si |
| *ŋga ‘2SG’ | ga |
| *nVŋg- ‘know, hear, see’ | nɔgɔ- ‘hear, know, listen to s.t.’ |
| *kendp ‘fire’ | kɔlɔp |
| *kakV- ‘carry on shoulder’ | kaku- |
| *kutV ‘long’ | kalip |
| *kambu ‘ashes’ | kɔu |
| *kakV- ‘carry on shoulder’ | kaku- |
| *mbulikV ‘turn ’ | purik |
| *saasin ‘sand’ | sak |
| *mVV + t- ‘vomit’ | mohat |
| *kVtak ‘new’ | irak |
| elak ‘light, lightning’ | belek ‘lightning’ |
| *ok ‘water’ | ok ‘rain’ |
| *mbalaŋ ‘flame’ | balam |
| *elak ‘light, lightning’ | belek |
| *mbilaŋ ‘tongue’ | ni-bilam |
| *mbulikV ‘turn ’ | purik |