Biggs 1965

Links

• 10.1016/0024-3841(65)90053-7

References

Sections

• 1.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
• 2.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Proto Oceanic phonology and orthography
• 3.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • POc phonology and orthography
  • Indexes
• 4.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • POc phonology and orthography
  • Indexes
• 5.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Reconstructed Proto Oceanic phonology
  • Indexes
• 5.3 The human body
  • POc *bʷito- ‘navel, umbilical cord’
• 6.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Proto Oceanic phonology and orthography
  • Conclusion: so where did Proto Oceanic come from?

Words

• PEOc: kete belly, basket
• PCP: dreke recess, cavity, pocket of a seine net
• POc: limut generic term for mosses, algaes and seaweeds
• POc: putun Barringtonia asiatica
• PCP: legi-legi puzzlenut tree, Xylocarpus granatum
• POc: ba(k,g)a banyan tree, medium-sized Ficus spp., not stranglers
• POc: padran coastal pandanus, Pandanus tectorius; pandanus (generic)
• PEOc: [re]reŋʷa yellow material, prepared turmeric(?)
• PEOc: pulu- body hair, fur, feathers