Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/pôinôkô

This Proto-Cariban entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Cariban

Noun

*pôinôkô

1. the white-lipped peccary, Tayassu pecari

Descendants

• Guianan:
  • Apalaí: poinoko
  • Kari'na: pyinko, poinko
  • Proto-Taranoan: *pəineke
    • Akurio: pëineke
    • Trió: pënjeke, ponjeke
  • Wayana: pëinëkë
• Kuikuroan:
  • Kuikúro: hẽũ
• Parukotoan:
  • Hixkaryana: honyko
  • Waiwai: poinko
• Pekodian:
  • Bakairí: pâu
  • Ikpeng: pow
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Panare: pinkë
  • Pemongan:
    • Akawaio: pöinkö
    • Macushi: pinkî
    • Pemon: poyinkö
  • Yao (South America): pingo, panigo
• → Sranan Tongo: pingo

References

• Meira, Sérgio, Bruna Franchetto (2005) “The southern Cariban languages and the Cariban family”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 71, pages 127–192
• Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology‎^[1], Houston: Rice University, page 180
• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 355