Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/meru

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

*meru^[1]

fly

Descendants

Araweté: meru
Guajajára: meru
Guarayu: mberu
Mbya Guarani: mberu
Old Tupi: meru, mberu
- Nheengatu: merú
- → Brazilian Portuguese: biru
Paraguayan Guarani: mberu
Tenharim: mberu
Urubú-Kaapor: merũ
Xingú Asuriní: merom

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 179, line 356

[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 179, line 356

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