Reconstruction:Proto-Arawak/hamaka

This Proto-Arawak 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-Arawak

Noun

*hamaka

1. hammock

Descendants

• Amuesha-Chamicuro:
  • Yanesha': makoʔ
• Proto-Ta-Arawak: *hamaka
  • Wayuu: jama'a
  • Lokono-Igñeri: *hamaka
    • Lokono: hamaka
    • Taíno: *hamaka
      • → Spanish: hamaca
        • → English: hammock
• Wapixaná-Baré:
  • Wapishana: zamaka
• Paresí-Waurá:
  • Wauja: amaka
  • Yawalapití: amaka
• Maipure-Avane:
  • Yavitero: amáiha
• Nawiki:
  • Western Nawiki:
    • Resígaro: hamáaká
    • Yucuna: jamaká
  • Eastern Nawiki:
    • Curripaco: ámako
    • Tariana: amakú
  • Piapoco: amàca

References

• Matteson, Esther, Wheeler, Alva, Jackson, Frances L., Waltz, Nathan E., Christian, Diana R., editors (1972), Comparative Studies in Amerindian Languages (Janua Linguarum. Series Practica; 127), The Hague: Mouton & Co., →ISBN, page 178
• Granberry, Julian, Vescelius, Gary (2004) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 121
• Mujica, Mitzila Isabel Ortega (1992) Aspectos fonológicos e gramaticais da língua yawalapiti (aruak)‎^[1], Campinas: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, page 38