< Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani

Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/ʔa

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

Inherited from Proto-Tupian *ʔa.

Noun

*ʔa[1][2][3]

  1. head
    Synonym: *akaŋ
  2. fruit

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Guaraní:
    • Mbyá Guaraní: 'a
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: 'a
  • Old Tupi: 'a

References
  1. Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570
  2. Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 402
  3. Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues (2007) “As consoantes do proto-tupí”, in Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, editors, Línguas e culturas tupí‎, 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages 167–204
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