Dutton, T.E., 2010. Reconstructing Proto Koiarian: The history of a Papuan language family, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Provided Lexicon:
| ID | Language | Word | Entry | Source Gloss | Annotation | Loan |
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| 15592 | Mountain Koiari | to sit | ugula-mo | | sit down | |
| 15593 | Proto-Koiariac | to bite | *ua-ɣa- | | | |
| 15594 | Grass Koiari | to bite | ua-va- | | bite | |
| 15595 | Mountain Koiari | to bite | ua-ha- | | bite, gnaw | |
| 15596 | Proto-Koiariac | root | *umu-ka | | | |
| 15597 | Koitabu | root | umu-ka | | root, base | |
| 15598 | Grass Koiari | root | umu-ka | | root, base | |
| 15599 | Mountain Koiari | root | umu-ka | | root, base (of tree) | |
| 15600 | Proto-Koiariac | Medial Verb Suffix | *-ata | | | |
| 15601 | Koitabu | Medial Verb Suffix | atege | | until | |
| 15602 | Grass Koiari | Medial Verb Suffix | -yata | | medial verb suffix | |
| 15603 | Mountain Koiari | Medial Verb Suffix | -ata | | medial verb suffix | |
| 15604 | Proto-Koiariac | mosquito | *un(a,u) | | | |
| 15605 | Koitabu | mosquito | una | | mosquito | |
| 15606 | Mountain Koiari | mosquito | unu|ku | | gnat | |
| 15607 | Proto-Koiariac | only | *unaɣe | | | |
| 15608 | Koitabu | only | unaɣe | | only | |
| 15609 | Grass Koiari | only | unae | | only | |
| 15610 | Mountain Koiari | only | unaha | | only | |
| 15611 | Proto-Koiariac | ashes | *utuɣu | | | |
| 15612 | Koitabu | ashes | utuɣo | | ashes | |
| 15613 | Grass Koiari | ashes | utuvu | | ashes | |
| 15614 | Mountain Koiari | ashes | uti | | ashes, fireplace | |
| 15615 | Proto-Koiariac | how much? | *va[e]futi | | | |
| 15616 | Grass Koiari | how much? | vahuti | | how much | |
| 15617 | Mountain Koiari | how much? | vaesuti | | how much | |
| 15618 | Proto-Koiariac | Cordyline sp. | *vabe | | | |
| 15619 | Koitabu | Cordyline sp. | vabe | | tangget, Cordyline | |
| 15620 | Grass Koiari | Cordyline sp. | vabe | | tangget, Cordyline | |
| 15621 | Mountain Koiari | Cordyline sp. | vabe|re | | tangget, Cordyline | |
| 15629 | Proto-Koiariac | ground | *vata | | | |
| 15630 | Koitabu | ground | vata | | ground | |
| 15631 | Grass Koiari | ground | vata | | ground, earth | |
| 15632 | Mountain Koiari | ground | vata | | ground, country, earth | |
| 15633 | Proto-Koiariac | to die | *vati- | | | |
| 15634 | Grass Koiari | to die | vati- | | die | |
| 15635 | Mountain Koiari | to die | hati- | | die | |
| 15636 | Proto-Koiariac | no, not | *vefite | | | |
| 15637 | Koitabu | no, not | (maɣe) veite|ra | | not (good) | |
| 15638 | Grass Koiari | no, not | vehite | | not, none | |
| 15639 | Mountain Koiari | no, not | (moaga) vesite | | not (much) | |
| 15640 | Proto-Koiariac | butterfly | *avako | | | |
| 15641 | Grass Koiari | butterfly | avako | | butterfly | |
| 15642 | Mountain Koiari | butterfly | uako | | butterfly | |
| 15647 | Proto-Koiariac | to spin, twirl | *viriviri- | | | |
| 15648 | Grass Koiari | to spin, twirl | to|viri|viri | | car, truck | |
| 15649 | Mountain Koiari | to spin, twirl | vili|vili-a | | spin, twirl, go around in circles | |
| 15650 | Proto-Koiariac | to lie down | *ya-ɣa- | | | |
| 15651 | Koitabu | to lie down | ya-ɣa- | | sleep, lie on ground | |
| 15652 | Grass Koiari | to lie down | ya-va- | | sleep, lie down | |
