The following list of 266 Proto-Nicobarese reconstructions is from Sidwell (2018).
| No. | Gloss | Proto-Nicobarese |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | abandon | *ɹaː |
| 2 | jaw | *samaː |
| 3 | to eat | *saː |
| 4 | two | *ʔaː |
| 5 | knead | *kaᵈraːc |
| 6 | oil | *ŋaːc |
| 7 | cloud | *faːj |
| 8 | tongue | *litaːk |
| 9 | water | *ᵈraːk |
| 10 | ripe | *ŋaːl |
| 11 | blood | *mahaːm |
| 12 | female, wife | *kaːn |
| 13 | weave | *taːɲ |
| 14 | eagle | *kalaːŋ |
| 15 | mouth | *ʔoal-faːŋ |
| 16 | open | *ʔaːŋ |
| 17 | to hear | *jaːŋ |
| 18 | to hear | *haːŋ |
| 19 | yawn | *hiŋʔaːp |
| 20 | jump | *caːt |
| 21 | coconut | *ʔuɹaːʋ |
| 22 | fish | *kaːʔ |
| 23 | wasp | *taʋ (?) |
| 24 | miss target | *ʋac |
| 25 | wash | *ɹac |
| 26 | feces | *ʔac |
| 27 | die | *kapah |
| 28 | to know | *ʔakah |
| 29 | live | *ʔah |
| 30 | swell | *ʔah |
| 31 | broom | *fana/ɔh |
| 32 | sweep | *fa/ɔh |
| 33 | five | *tanaj |
| 34 | hand | *taj |
| 35 | sated | *pahaj |
| 36 | break, split | *ᵈrak |
| 37 | to drip | *tak |
| 38 | to spear | *sak |
| 39 | throw away | *kaʋal |
| 40 | dog | *ʔam |
| 41 | leech | *hilam |
| 42 | night | *ᵈram |
| 43 | place, village, country | *panam |
| 44 | rim, edge | *kɹam |
| 45 | roe | *katam |
| 46 | to spear | *tam |
| 47 | coil | *ʋan |
| 48 | heavy | *laŋan |
| 49 | python | *tulan |
| 50 | hot | *taɲ |
| 51 | Clf. for trees, posts, hair, etc. | *canaŋ |
| 52 | cut | *faŋ |
| 53 | ear | *naŋ |
| 54 | gall | *pintaŋ |
| 55 | hot, spicy | *haŋ |
| 56 | perspiration | *hʋaŋ |
| 57 | to fence | *taŋ |
| 58 | answer | *sap |
| 59 | bite | *kap |
| 60 | parasite | *tap |
| 61 | tooth | *kanap |
| 62 | pick up | *cap |
| 63 | turtle | *kap |
| 64 | cut (with knife) | *ɹat |
| 65 | eyeball | *mat |
| 66 | seven | *sat |
| 67 | sour | *haɹat |
| 68 | deep | *ciɹaʋ |
| 69 | sour | *pacaʋ |
| 70 | vomit | *-ʋaʋ |
| 71 | child | *ɲia |
| 72 | root | *ɹiah |
| 73 | sleep | *ʔitiak |
| 74 | brinjal | *kial |
| 75 | turn | *ʋial |
| 76 | tusk | *kanial |
| 77 | cooked | *sian |
| 78 | one | *hiaŋ |
| 79 | stomach | *ʋiaŋ |
| 80 | can, able | *liap |
| 81 | centipede | *kaʔiap |
| 82 | squeak | *ʔiat |
| 83 | cat | *miaʋ |
| 84 | tree | *ciaʔ |
| 85 | who? | *ci(h) |
| 86 | all, whole | *ᵈriːᵈri |
| 87 | house | *ɲiː |
| 88 | road, path | *kaɹiː |
| 89 | make, do | *ʋiː(ʔ) |
| 90 | to peel | *lic |
| 91 | blow nose | *sih |
| 92 | clam | *ŋih |
| 93 | come, arrive | *(ʔ)jih |
| 94 | to sell | *ɲih |
| 95 | to stitch | *ʔicih |
| 96 | in (prep.) | *ʔin |
| 97 | bone | *-ʔiŋ |
| 98 | hard | *ɹiŋ |
| 99 | long | *caliŋ |
| 100 | rain | *ʔamis |
| 101 | grind | *kiɹit |
| 102 | tail | *ᵈrit |
| 103 | elbow | *cikeaŋ |
| 104 | you | *me(h) |
| 105 | vein, nerve | *ɹaheʔ |
| 106 | fibre | *hej |
| 107 | lice | *sej |
| 108 | begin | *ɹeh |
| 109 | duck | *ʋet |
| 110 | crocodile | *ɹeʋ |
| 111 | moon | *kahɛː |
| 112 | reflexive | *ᵈrɛː |
| 113 | sea | *kamalɛː |
| 114 | to roll | *pumpɛː |
| 115 | voice | *ŋɛː |
| 116 | you | *fɛː |
| 117 | snake | *pɛːc |
| 118 | younger brother | *kahɛːm |
| 119 | thin | *ɹikɛj |
| 120 | first | *ᵈrɛh |
| 121 | this (near) | *ʔɛ̃h |
| 122 | to fly | *hɛh |
| 123 | stay, dwell | *katəː/ɯa |
| 124 | breathe | *ʔijɯam |
| 125 | to perch | *ᵈrɯan |
| 126 | to wear (skirt) | *cɯap |
| 127 | to carry on back | *ʔupɯaʔ |
| 128 | year | *sajɯh |
| 129 | smell | *ʔɯj |
| 130 | sniff | *hɯt |
| 131 | sparrow | *ɹəːc |
| 132 | wash | *səːc |
| 133 | wind | *fəːj |
| 134 | worm | *kamləːk |
| 135 | night | *hatəːm |
| 136 | wink, blink | *ɲəːp |
| 137 | dry | *ɹəːh |
| 138 | fall, slip | *taləh |
| 139 | float | *təh |
| 140 | near | *ᵈrəh |
| 141 | level | *təː |
| 142 | swell/abscess | *fəː |
| 143 | to blow | *fəː |
| 144 | hiccup | *haᵈrək |
| 145 | pain | *cək |
| 146 | stand up | *sək |
| 147 | heel | *kintəl |
| 148 | to break | *kəl |
| 149 | ten | *səm |
| 150 | to hammer | *ᵈrəm |
| 151 | crossbow | *fəɲ |
| 152 | arrive | *təŋ |
| 153 | play instrument | *ᵈrəŋ |
| 154 | cover | *ᵈrəp |
| 155 | to fit, fix | *ha-kəp |
| 156 | not | *ʔət |
| 157 | to cut | *kət |
| 158 | dream | *ʔinfua |
| 159 | to husk coconut | *tuac |
| 160 | nail, claw | *kinsuah |
| 161 | open, uncover | *fuah |
| 162 | to shave | *kuah |
| 163 | beckon | *ᵈruaj |
| 164 | between | *huaj |
| 165 | snore | *ŋuak |
| 166 | step | *cuak |
| 167 | suck | *ɲuak |
| 168 | to knock | *kaᵈruak |
| 169 | fruit | *ɹuaŋ |
| 170 | knee | *kanuaŋ |
| 171 | window | *foaŋ |
| 172 | grasp with tongs | *tuap |
| 173 | birth | *kajuaʔ |
| 174 | overflow | *ɹoac |
| 175 | breast | *toah |
| 176 | nose | *moah |
| 177 | to cough | *ʔoah |
| 178 | arm | *koal |
| 179 | in, inside | *ʔoal |
| 180 | four | *foan |
| 181 | fear, afraid | *pahoaʔ |
| 182 | bat | *ʔaluː |
| 183 | current, flow | *ʋuː |
| 184 | green/blue | *ŋuː(ʔ) |
| 185 | to shed | *luːc |
| 186 | melt, dissolve | *r̰uːc/*r̰əc |
| 187 | fly | *ɹuːj |
| 188 | three | *luːj |
| 189 | warm | *ʔuːj |
| 190 | appear | *muːk |
| 191 | load | *ɹuːk |
| 192 | place, location | *cuːk |
| 193 | pull, draw | *tuːk |
| 194 | gather, collect | *muːl |
| 195 | prop, support | *tuːl |
| 196 | six | *tafuːl |
| 197 | to dig | *ʔuːl |
| 198 | child | *kuːn |
| 199 | lip | *manuːɲ |
| 200 | twist | *ʔuːɲ |
| 201 | ladder/bridge | *ᵈr̰uːŋ |
| 202 | door | *kuːp |
| 203 | cotton | *tuːs-a |
| 204 | smoke | *fuːs |
| 205 | a comb | *kanuːt |
| 206 | hide, conceal | *muːt |
| 207 | to comb | *kuːt |
| 208 | to swallow | *luːt |
| 209 | continue | *ɹuh |
| 210 | go, return | *cuh |
| 211 | person | *paɹuh |
| 212 | untie | *luh |
| 213 | head | *kuj |
| 214 | next | *tuj |
| 215 | back/skin | *ʔuk |
| 216 | carry on head/shoulder | *-tul |
| 217 | bunch | *tum |
| 218 | child | *kiɲum |
| 219 | navel | *fun |
| 220 | fern | *tuɲ |
| 221 | group, collection | *puŋ |
| 222 | hill | *ᵈruŋ |
| 223 | cover | *ᵈrup |
| 224 | pull | *put |
| 225 | to kick | *sut (?) |
| 226 | suckle | *poː |
| 227 | thatch grass | *foː |
| 228 | drunk | *hVjoːj |
| 229 | to point | *soːk |
| 230 | child | *kiɲoːm |
| 231 | to bend | *soːn |
| 232 | male | *koːɲ |
| 233 | to hole | *loːŋ |
| 234 | to sink | *loːŋ |
| 235 | thigh | *puloːʔ |
| 236 | broken | *ʔoh |
| 237 | chest | *ŋoh |
| 238 | to strike | *foh |
| 239 | jerk, pull up | *ɲok |
| 240 | tie, bind | *pok |
| 241 | friend | *hol |
| 242 | cucumber | *poŋ |
| 243 | kidney | *kinpoŋ |
| 244 | high | *cɔ(ː)ŋ |
| 245 | word, speech | *ɹɔː(k) |
| 246 | snot | *ʔinmɔː |
| 247 | penis | *kulɔːc |
| 248 | hair | *jɔːk |
| 249 | hook | *ʋɔːk |
| 250 | pick the teeth | *sɔːk |
| 251 | breathe | *ʔuhɔːm |
| 252 | bend | *ᵈrɔːn |
| 253 | pimple | *mɔːn |
| 254 | mountain | *ᵈrɔːŋ |
| 255 | neck | *ʔuŋ-lɔːŋ |
| 256 | wrestle | *kapɔːt |
| 257 | beat, kill | *kɔh |
| 258 | fell, slash | *-ʋɔh |
| 259 | firewood | *ʔɔh |
| 260 | break (as rope) | *tɔk |
| 261 | pierce/prick | *lɔk |
| 262 | to drink | *ʔɔk |
| 263 | leaf | *ᵈrVːj |
| 264 | good | *lVːŋ |
| 265 | crab | *kVnVŋ |
| 266 | all | *kiː |