Below are eighteen cognate sets in four languages of the little-known
Spiiktumi family. Reconstruct the etymons (original forms) in
proto-Spiiktumi for each of the cognate sets in the data, and identify the sound
changes that have taken place in each daughter language. NOTE: The affricate [tš] is the equivalent of c with a caret
-- the IPA symbol for the "ch" sound.
| W | X | Y | Z | proto-Spiiktumi |
| pamut | panti | pamuti | pamut |
|
| sit | sido | šiðo | sid |
|
| denubo | dembo | denubo | denubo |
|
| leluk | leruge | leruge | lelug |
|
| sudan | sudano | suðano | sudan |
|
| unik | unga | uniga | unig |
|
| tšomus | tšomusi | tšomuši | šomus |
|
| lahuk | lahka | lauka | lahuk |
|
| banubin | bambini | banubini | banubi |
|
| lahuk | rahgo | raugo | lahug |
|
| hefum | hefmo | hefumo | hefum |
|
| sehubat | sehubda | šehubaða | sehubad |
|
| tehigem | tehgemo | teigemo | tehige |
|
| yunup | yumbi | yunubi | yunub |
|
| famagi | famgi | famagi | famagi |
|
| tšasinokom | tšasinkomo | tšašinokomo | šasinokom |
|
| suda | suda | suða | suda |
|
| kahihanom | kahkammo | kaihanomo | kahihanom |
|