Selepet (or Selepe) is a Papuan language spoken in Selepet Rural LLG, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
Evolution
Below are some reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea proposed by Pawley (2012):
proto-Trans-New Guinea Selepet *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
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