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* wa = "ah" +rounded onset implies wonderment (reacting to something imprecise) | * wa = "ah" +rounded onset implies wonderment (reacting to something imprecise) | ||
* wã (a +rounded +nasal) = implies wonderment and ponderment | * wã (a +rounded +nasal) = implies wonderment and ponderment | ||
* wãwã/wã'ã = "what?" (cf. mana, nani, Ar. mā/maða and matā but cf. | * wãwã/wã'ã = "what?" (cf. mana, nani, Ar. mā/maða and matā but cf. ʾáy(na) (where), kay(fa) (how)) | ||
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* ha = come to a realisation, react, exclamate? | * ha = come to a realisation, react, exclamate? | ||
* hã = react to a thought (understand? know?) | * hã = react to a thought (understand? know?) | ||
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:– kāng > kong | :– kāng > kong | ||
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* wi = home in, go from something imprecise to something precise, spot, close in > see (cf. PIE weyd-) | * wi = home in, go from something imprecise to something precise, spot, close in > see (cf. PIE weyd-) | ||
* wĩ (wi +nasal) = +nasal implies consideration or thought (cf. JP miru) | * wĩ (wi +nasal) = +nasal implies consideration or thought (cf. JP miru) | ||
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* i / yV- = precise? | * i / yV- = precise? | ||
* ya = precisely, excitement (cf. yum, yuck, but note nyam equivalents) | * ya = precisely, excitement (cf. yum, yuck, but note nyam equivalents) | ||
* yã / ya+ma = excited eating | * yã / ya+ma = excited eating | ||
* yã-k / ya+ma+ka = excited eating with a bad reaction (e.g. choking), "yuck"). | * yã-k / ya+ma+ka = excited eating with a bad reaction (e.g. choking), "yuck"). | ||
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* a-xa-la / a-ha-la / ha-N/Da = other (cf. PIE h₂el(n/y/ter)-, Ar. ʾáxar; Malay "lain" < P.MP "lian" (change appearance – often with "wer", "wen", "kmb", "tkr" (tukar) etc in many languages for "change")) | |||
:– cf. [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drug%D1%8A|P.Slavic drugъ]. | |||
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* la = manipulator (e.g. tongue, hand, goading stick, etc). (Cf. Lamed, "goad" – cf. "manus" hand, "lámh" (hand in Ir., cognate with "palm"). | |||