Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/wɨwɨ

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

*wɨwɨ (possessed *wɨwɨrɨ)

1. axe

Descendants

• Guianan:
  • Apalaí: wywy
  • Kari'na: wywy
  • Proto-Taranoan: *wɨwɨ
    • Carijona: wïwï
    • Trió: wïwï
  • Wayana: wïwï
• Kuikuroan:
  • Kuikúro: ü
• Pekodian:
  • Bakairí: py, (with certain prefixes) wy
  • Ikpeng: wïm (“stone axe”)
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Yao (South America): oüoe
• Ye'kwana: wüüwü

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 164
• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 431
• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “wüüwü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[3], Lyon