|| bou || behig || bei |- | ‘go’ || uɣuβe || kia || i || da/dou || do- || dug |- | ‘ground’ || gi || ɸla || a || pɪa || hra || faː |- | ‘hair’ || u-kha || ta-kruʼ || iʼ-su || tæri || hoig || teri |- | ‘hear’ || puaβo || beika || bi-bae || bou/bæiɪ || kwɛri || atega |- | ‘leg’ || u-ru || ɸa || tai || fria || -hig || aigwa |- | ‘louse’ || piye || ɸli || i(bo) || pri || hri || fi(god) |- | ‘man’ || duβu || te || te || oirɛ || ta || gutːi |- | ‘moon’ || bariya || tɔ || baiʼdaki || vrisa || so || fere |- | ‘name’ || uβa || kwa || ɔsu || oiɛ || asukwa || faya |- | ‘one’ || kri-βi || suo-we || bisi-be || soɣo-ɛ || kore-kekaig || kwaka |- | ‘path, road’ || we || kwari || bɛ || ioɣoia || kuɛi || eigre |- | ‘see’ || paβo || ɸua/ɸori || dɔɛ || fei/fou || badub || fǝkta |- | ‘stone’ || pa || ɸai || ɸeki || pæxi || kwig || gwid |- | ‘sun’ || kuri || tɔ || baiʼ || væir || so || gwadi |- | ‘tongue’ || isɔːkɔ || abla || ae || zæri || -rija || iri |- | ‘tooth’ || ɔ || uri || biʼ || æbidi || -brig || adːi |- | ‘tree’ || ukui || du || u || ura || kub || gru |- | ‘two’ || wɔri || ɔro-we || bɔ || tɛʔɛ || tio || tai |- | ‘water’ || de(ye) || da || e || dæ/dɛ || -rig || dye |- | ‘woman’ || kuru || ko || si || oruæi || tub || ro |} Proto-language Clouse (1997) reconstructs basic vocabulary for proto-Lakes Plain and other lower branches. Lakes Plain reconstructions by Clouse (1997) {| class="wikitable sortable" ! gloss !! proto-Lakes Plain !! proto-Far West Lakes Plain !! proto-Tariku !! proto-West Tariku !! proto-Central Tariku !! proto-East Tariku |- | neck || *kukro || *roko || *kokro || *kokrV || || *kro |- | mouth || *kukadi/u || *koru || *kuari || *kuari || *ba || *kua |- | tooth || *bri || *biri || *bri || *bri || *biri || *bri |- | eye || *kudatiCV