The Enga-Kewa-Huli reflexes of
proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma, if Engan languages are indeed members of the Trans-New Guinea family, are:
Enga: •
mona ‘heart’ < * •
yaka ‘bird’ < * •
lyaŋa ‘ashes’ < * •
ŋaŋa ‘baby < *ŋaŋ(a) • ‘mother’ < * •
kuri ‘bone’ < * •
kare ‘ear’ < * •
ne- ‘eat’ < *na • ‘father’ < *apa •
iti ‘hair’ < * •
endo ‘fire’ < * •
lema ‘louse’ < *niman •
kana ‘moon’ < * •
mana ‘instructions’ < *mana •
kitama ‘morning’ < * •
kumi- ‘die’ < *kumV- •
re- ‘speak’ < *nde- •
maa ‘taro’ < *mV •
ita ‘tree’ < *inda
Huli: •
ega ‘bird’ < * •
na- ‘eat’ < *na- •
aba ‘father’ < *apa •
iri ‘hair’ < * •
ira ‘tree’ < *inda •
ma ‘taro’ < *mV
Kewa: •
ama ‘mother’ < * •
ibi ‘name’ < *imbi •
iri ‘hair’ < * •
uni ‘bone’ < *kwanjaC •
apu ‘tail’ < * •
lema ‘louse’ < * •
oma ‘die’ < *kumV- •
reka- ‘stand’ < * •
la- ‘talk’ < *nde- •
maa ‘taro’ < *mV •
yaa ‘bird’ < *
Mendi: •
am ‘mother’ < * •
ap ‘father’ < *apa •
mbi ‘name’ < *imbi •
ome- ‘die’ < *kumV- ==Basic vocabulary==