| Kayagar | |
|---|---|
| Cook River | |
| Geographic distribution | South Papua |
| Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | kaya1327 |
 Map: The Kayagar languages of New Guinea The Kayagar languages Other Trans–New Guinea languages Other Papuan languages Austronesian languages Uninhabited | |
TheKayagar languages are a smallfamily of four closely relatedTrans–New Guinea languages spoken around theCook River in Province ofSouth Papua,Indonesia:[1]
Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as:[1][2]
| Gondu River | Atohwaim | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sg | pl | sg | pl | |
| 1 | *nax | *nep | naxa | nipi, neβi |
| 2 | *ax | *akan | axa | aʔani |
| 3 | *ek | *wep | – | – |
Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:[1]
| gloss | Proto-Gondu River |
|---|---|
| head | *toxom |
| hair | *upm |
| ear | *itipaːm |
| eye | *sakam |
| nose | *jup |
| tooth | *o[x/ɣ]om |
| tongue | *maetap |
| foot/leg | *apit |
| blood | *jes |
| bone | *nomop |
| skin/bark | *pip |
| breast | *etum |
| louse | *num |
| dog | *epe |
| pig | *wakum |
| bird | *suopam |
| egg | *map-jaxam |
| tree/wood | *wom |
| man/person | *jo[k] |
| woman | *enop |
| sun | *taːm |
| moon | *xa[x/ɣ]atam |
| water | *o[x/ɣ]om |
| fire | *atu |
| stone | *maitn |
| path | *kamein |
| name | *na[k] |
| eat | *xapti |
| one | *pa[x/ɣ]amo[x/k] |
| two | *tousiki |
The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970)[3] and Voorhoeve (1971, 1975),[4][5] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database.[6]
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g.tikem,toxom for “head”) or not (e.g.icoxop,iripam for “ear”).
| gloss | Atohwaim | Kayagar | Tamagario |
|---|---|---|---|
| head | tikem | toxom | tokom |
| hair | upm | owpm | upm |
| ear | icoxop | iripam | ipiram |
| eye | saam | saxam | sakam |
| nose | opom | jup | jup |
| tooth | ukoxom | oxom | ukom |
| tongue | menaxaram | marap | marap |
| leg | apir | apir | apir |
| louse | numu | soːm | |
| dog | upoc | epere; epe(re) | epe |
| pig | wakum | wakum | wakum |
| bird | wakem | səpam | towpam |
| egg | mapiam | mapiaxam | mapiakam |
| blood | wis | jes; yes | jet; yet |
| bone | nömöp | namop; nəmop | nomop |
| skin | piep | pip | pip |
| breast | ötöm | erem | |
| tree | wim | wom | wom |
| man | mapirie | jo; yo | jo; yo |
| woman | enepe | onop | onop |
| sun | teme | taam | taam |
| moon | kaʔaram | xaxaram | kakaram |
| water | oxom | oxom | okom |
| fire | acu | aru | aru |
| stone | iki | kakup | maitu |
| road, path | sepmop | xami | kame |
| eat | owp | xapri | kapri |
| one | papriaxap | paxamu | pakamok |
| two | coopm | tosigi | totigi |