Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/a-kaŋ

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
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

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

    From *ʔa (head) +‎ *kaŋ (bone).

    Noun

    [edit]

    *a-kaŋ[1][2][3]

    1. head
      Synonym: *ʔa

    Descendants

    [edit]
    • Guaraní:
      • Mbyá Guaraní: akã
      • Paraguayan Guaraní: akã
    • Kaiwá: akã
    • Kamayurá: 'akaŋ
    • Kayabí: akaŋ
    • Old Tupi: akanga
    • Tapirapé: ãkɨŋ
    • Tenharim: akaŋ
    • Tocantins Asurini: akɨŋa
    • Urubú-Kaapor: ãka
    • Wayampi: akaŋ (Amapari)
    • Wayampi: akã (Jari)
    • Xingú Asuriní: akɨŋ

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 402
    2. ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 330, line 23
    3. ^ Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 117, line 33