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Reconstruction:Proto-Trans-New Guinea/mundun
Proto-Trans-New Guinea
Noun
*mundun
- belly, internal organs
Descendants
- Madang:
- Rai Coast:
- Dumpu: munu ‘heart’
- Rai Coast:
- Finisterre-Huon:
- Kâte: munduŋ ‘inner yolk of egg’
- Kainantu–Goroka:
- Gende: mut ‘belly’
- Chimbu–Wahgi:
- Middle Wahgi: mundun mo- ‘be pot bellied’
- Engan:
- Enga: mona ‘heart’
- Mek:
- Eipo: mun ‘belly’
- Bime: mundo ‘belly’
- Yale: mon ‘belly’
- Paniai Lakes:
- Ekari: modo ‘belly’
- Moni: (duku)mudu ‘heart’
- Greater Binanderean:
- Binandere: mundu ‘kidney, testicles’
- Korafe: munju ‘egg’
References
- Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 21–196. →ISBN.