Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/ɨβɨkuʔi

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 *ɨβɨ (“earth”) +‎ *kuʔi (“flour”).

Noun

*ɨβɨkuʔi^[1]

sand
Synonym: *ɨꞵɨtiŋ

Descendants

Guarayu: ɨvɨ kui
Mbya Guarani: yvy ku'i
Old Tupi: ybyku'i
- Nheengatu: iwikuí, iuikuí
- → Brazilian Portuguese: Ibicuí
Paraguayan Guarani: yvyku'i
Urubú-Kaapor: ywyku’i

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 206, line 715

[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 206, line 715

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