Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/ʔu

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 *kˀu.

    Verb

    *ʔu[1][2][3][4]

    1. (transitive) to eat
      Coordinate term: *karu (intransitive)
    2. (transitive) to drink
      Coordinate term: *ɨʔu

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Araweté: ʼu
    • Guajajára: u'u
    • Guarayu: ʼu
    • Mbyá Guaraní: 'u
    • Old Tupi: 'u
    • Tenharim: -'u
    • Urubú-Kaapor: u'u

    References

    1. ^ Lemle, Miriam (1971), “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 119, line 59
    2. ^ Schleicher, Charles Owen (1998), Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 329, line 15
    3. ^ 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 209, line 753
    4. ^ Corrêa da Silva, Beatriz Carretta (2010), Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas [Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: linguistic relations and historical implications] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 408, line 158
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