Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/pɨjati

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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

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Etymology

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Perhaps compare Proto-Tupi-Guarani *paje (whence Old Tupi paîé, Wayampi paye, Portuguese pajé).

Noun

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*pɨjati

  1. shaman

Descendants

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References

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  • 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 183
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 355
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jüwai”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[3], Lyon