Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/ɨβɨra

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

    *ɨβɨra[1]

    1. tree
      Synonym: *ʔɨβ

    Reconstruction notes

    Mello mistakenly reconstructs the protoform as *ɨβɨr, based on a misinterpretation of Old Tupi ybyrá as *ybyr. Yet, he reconstructs the correct *ɨβɨra in number 717, with the gloss “(litte) stick”.[2]

    Derived terms

    • *ɨβɨrapar

    Descendants

    • Araweté: iwirã
    • Guajajára: ywyra
    • Guarayu: ɨvɨra
    • Mbyá Guaraní: yvyra
    • Old Tupi: ybyrá
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: yvyra
    • Tenharim: yvyra
    • Urubú-Kaapor: myra
    • Xingú Asuriní: yvyra

    References

    1. ^ Schleicher, Charles Owen (1998), Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 338, line 91
    2. ^ 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 206, lines 711, 717
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