Selepet language

Selepet (Selepe) is a Papuan language spoken in Selepet Rural LLG, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

Selepet
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionHuon Peninsula, Morobe Province
Native speakers
7,200 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3spl
Glottologsele1250

Evolution

Below are some reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea proposed by Pawley (2012):[2]

proto-Trans-New GuineaSelepet
*masi ‘orphan’madu
*me(n,t)e ‘head’mete ‘forehead’
*mV(k,ŋ)V[C] + t(e,i)- ‘vomit’mohat (cf. Nomu mekat ‘spittle’, Timbe mugat ‘be sick’)
*mVn[a]-‘be, live, stay’man- ‘live, dwell’
*mo ‘penis’mɔi
*(m,mb)elak ‘light, lightning’belek
*kumV- ‘die’(cf. Burum kɔmu-)
*iman ‘louse’imen
*(s,nd)umu(n,t)[V] ‘hair’somot
*amu ‘breast’(n)am ‘breast, milk’
*am(a,i) ‘mother’(?) (m)ɔmɔ
*na- ‘eat’ne-
*nVŋg- ‘know, hear, see’nɔgɔ- ‘hear, know, listen to s.t.’
*ni ‘1PL free pronoun’ne(n) ‘1PL’, ne(t) ‘1DL’
*n[e]i ‘bird’nɔi
*kan(a,e)ne ‘left (side)’kane
*mVn[a]-‘be, live, stay’man- ‘live, dwell’
*mbena ‘arm’bɔt
*kani ‘foot’kɔi
*iman ‘louse’imen
*-Vn ‘1SGsubj agrmt’-an ‘1SG, 1PL’
*ŋaŋ[a] ‘baby’ŋaŋa
*mbalaŋ ‘flame’balam
*mbilaŋ ‘tongue’ni-bilam
*sa(ŋg,k)asiŋ ‘sand’sak
*mbalaŋ ‘flame’balam
*mbilaŋ ‘tongue’[ni]bilim
*mbena ‘arm’(?) bot
*mbulikV ‘turn (oneself)’purik (sɔ-)
*imbi ‘name’ibi
*sambV ‘cloud’hibim ‘sky’
*ambi ‘man’(?) ibi ‘woman’
*simb(i,u) ‘guts’tep- ‘stomach, intestines’
*si(mb,p)at[V] ‘saliva’(Sialum sawat, Migabac sofoʔ, Nomu sowot)
*kutV(mb,p)(a,u)[C] ‘long’kɔlip
*kambu ‘ashes’kɔu
*kend(o,u)p ‘fire’kɔlɔp
*nde- ‘speak’sɔmedial
*kend(o,u)p ‘fire’kɔlɔp
*ka(nd,t)(e,i)kV ‘ear’(?) ɔndɔp (prob. a loanword. Suter (p.c.) reconstructs pHuon Peninsula *kazap ‘ear’)
*tVk- ‘cut, cut off’tok [yap] ‘snap, break’
*kutV(mb,p)(a,u)[C] ‘long’kɔlip
*kVtak ‘new’irak
*(s,nd)umu(n,t)[V] ‘hair’somot
*sa(ŋg,k)asin ‘sand’sak
*(s,nd)umu(n,t)[V] ‘hair’somot
*si(mb,p)at[V] ‘saliva’(Sialum sawat, Migabac sofoʔ, Nomu sowot)
*simb(i,u) ‘guts’(?) tep- ‘stomach, intestines’
*sambV ‘cloud’, ‘sky’hibim ‘sky’
*masi ‘orphan’madu
*nj(a,e,i)- ‘burn’si
*ŋga ‘2SG’ga
*nVŋg- ‘know, hear, see’nɔgɔ- ‘hear, know, listen to s.t.’
*kend(o,u)p ‘fire’kɔlɔp
*kakV- ‘carry on shoulder’kaku-
*kutV(mb,p)(a,u)[C] ‘long’kalip
*kambu ‘ashes’kɔu
*kakV- ‘carry on shoulder’kaku-
*mbulikV ‘turn (oneself)’purik
*sa(ŋg,k)asin ‘sand’sak
*mV(k,ŋ)V[C] + t(e,i)- ‘vomit’mohat (Nomu mekat ‘spittle’, Timbe mugat ‘be sick’)
*kVtak ‘new’irak
(m,mb)elak ‘light, lightning’belek ‘lightning’
*ok[V] ‘water’(?) (gel-)ok ‘rain’
*mbalaŋ ‘flame’balam
*(m,mb)elak ‘light, lightning’belek
*mbilaŋ ‘tongue’ni-bilam
*mbulikV ‘turn (oneself)’purik

References

  1. Selepet at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. Pawley, Andrew (2012). Hammarström, Harald; van den Heuvel, Wilco (eds.). "How reconstructable is proto Trans New Guinea? Problems, progress, prospects". History, Contact and Classification of Papuan Languages. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea (Language & Linguistics in Melanesia Special Issue 2012: Part I): 88–164. hdl:1885/38602. ISSN 0023-1959.
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