Kui :āja (āji-) "to become cool, chilled, cool down"
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) :aiyali "to become cool"
Kuwi (Schulze) :āɨ
Kuwi (Israel) :āy- (-it-) "to become cool"
Additional forms :Also Kui āspa (āst-) to make cold, cool down, reduce a fire; āska good health, comfort, prosperity; āskaṭi idem; adj. in good health, well, comfortable
Notes :The shortening of vowel in Kuwi_F is quasi regular (there is a strong tendency in Kuwi_F of shortening the initial *ā- before simple consonants, see also below).
Number in DED :335
Proto-Kui-Kuwi :*āli
Meaning :noise
Kuwi (Schulze) :hāli
Kuwi (Israel) :hāli ā- "to make noise"
Notes :Initial h- is prothetic, as external data shows. Expressive.
Number in DED :386
Proto-Kui-Kuwi :*ānj-/ǯ-
Meaning :to agree; to consent, vow
Kui :ānja (ānji-) "to agree, assent, admit, confess, promise"
Kuwi (Schulze) :ānjinai "to claim, consent, undertake, vow"
Additional forms :Also Kuwi_S āsinai to undertake
Notes :The correspondence -nj- - -nj- points to PK *-nj-, but the correspondence -nj- - -s- is a clear case of PK *-ny- (see 1). The forms are isolated, so we cannot say which form is primary in Kuwi_S and which one is borrowed (or at least influenced).
Notes :The PK inclusive 1st p. pronoun has to be reconstructed with an inlaut *-R-. As we know, in Kuwi it has the usual reflex -r- (although geminated -rr- in Kuwi_F is strange). In Kui the usual reflex -g- before consonants (which shows that PK *-R- has merged with PK *-ɣ- in this position) alternates with -s- after consonant clusters and -j- after vowels (which shows that in this position it has merged with PK *-y-).
Notes :Kuwi_S badga is irregular (*barga would be expected); probably borrowed from or influenced by other CDR languages (cf. also the semantics 'walking').
Kui :verka (verki-) "to scratch a part that irritates or itches; n. scratching"
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) :bakṛali "to claw"
Kuwi (Israel) :bark- (-it-), brak- (-h-) "to claw"
Notes :The cluster in Kuwi_F is original; otherwise there would be no need for metathese. However, the Kui form is doubtful, since both the vocalism and the consonantism are irregular.
