Proto-Atlanto-Mediterranean/Lexicon

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Proto-Atlanto-Mediterranean Category Meaning

Noun (n.): Person/Thing

Adjective (adj.): Property

Verb (v.): Action/Process

Vegetation

LEAF (n.)

Animals

LIZARD (n.)

TORTOISE (n.)

Kinship

FATHER (n.)

  • *b°ʔa : father
  • *ba : father
  • *bo : father
  • *vuɦ° : father
  • *ʔ°ba : father
  • *ʔaba : father
  • *ʔabə : father
  • *ʔapʼə : father
  • *ʔupʼəː : father

MOTHER (n.)

  • *ʢaj° : mother
  • *ja : mother, grandmother
  • *jaːjə : mother, grandmother
  • *ʔ°jə : mother
  • *ʔ°j° : mother



  • ʔVmV  *ʔVmV *ʔVma ~ *ma(y)  *ʔVma/*ma(y) *HV̆mV̄́  *HV̆mV̄́ *meʔ / *ma(ʔ) *me ', woman, female' (Usher)  *mVʔ

woman

Body

FAT (ORGANIC SUBSTANCE) (n.)

FAECES (EXCREMENT) (n.)

KIDNEY (n.)

HAND (n.)

HAIR (n.)

Emotions and values

CRY (v.)

Food and drink

MEAT (n.)

Physical world

SMOKE (EXHAUST) (n.)

ASH (n.)

DEW (n.)

Sense perception

COLD (adj.)

DRY (adj.)

SOUND OR NOISE (n.)

Law

STEAL (v.)

Cognition

KNOW (SOMETHING) (v.)

Basic actions and technology

SOUND (OF INSTRUMENT OR VOICE) (v.)

CHOP (v.)

WASH (v.)

Clothing and grooming

SHOE (n.)

Notes