Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/ɨʔa

This Proto-Tupi-Guarani 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-Tupi-Guarani

Etymology

From *ʔɨ (“water”) +‎ *ʔa (“fruit”).

Noun

*ɨʔa^[1]

calabash
Synonym: *kuj

Descendants

Guajajára: y'a
Guarayu: ɨ'a
Mbya Guarani: y'a
Old Tupi: yá
Tenharim: y'a

References

^ Mello, Antônio Augusto Souza (2000), “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos [Lexical reconstructions and cognates]” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais [Historical study of the Tupi-Guarani language family: phonological and lexical aspects] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 208, line 739

[1] Mello, Antônio Augusto Souza (2000), “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos [Lexical reconstructions and cognates]” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais [Historical study of the Tupi-Guarani language family: phonological and lexical aspects] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 208, line 739

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