Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/awape

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

Noun

*awape^[1]

water hyacinth

Derived terms

*awapeasok (“wattled jacana”)
- Guajajára: awapehok
- Guarayu: agwapeasoi
- Old Tupi: agûapeasoka
- Paraguayan Guarani: aguapeaso

Descendants

Guarayu: agwape
Old Tupi: agûapé
- Nheengatu: awapé
- → Brazilian Portuguese: aguapé

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 156, line 77

[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 156, line 77

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