Reconstruction:Proto-Arawak/para

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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

*para

sea

Descendants

Proto-Ta-Arawak:
- Wayuu: palaa
- Lokono-Igñeri:
  - Lokono: balha, balhaha, ybalha
  - Igñeri-Taíno:
    - Garifuna: barana
    - Taíno: *bawa
      - → Spanish: bagua

References

Granberry, Julian, Vescelius, Gary (2004) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 121

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