Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/tapiti

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

*tapiti^[1]

tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis)

Descendants

Araweté: tapɨʼɨxɨ
Guajajára: tapixi
Guarayu: tapichi
Old Tupi: tapiti, tapeti
- Nheengatu: tapetí, tapití
- → Portuguese: tapiti, tapeti
  - → English: tapeti
Paraguayan Guarani: tapiti

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 196, line 582

[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 196, line 582

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