Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/a-kaŋ

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

  • From *ʔa (“head”) +‎ *kaŋ (“bone”).

    Noun

    *a-kaŋ[1][2][3]

    1. head
      Synonym: *ʔa

    Descendants

    • Guaraní:
      • Mbyá Guaraní: akã
      • Paraguayan Guaraní: akã
    • Kaiwá: akã
    • Kamayurá: 'akaŋ
    • Kayabí: akaŋ
    • Old Tupi: akanga
    • Tapirapé: ãkɨŋ
    • Tenharim: akaŋ
    • Tocantins Asurini: akɨŋa
    • Urubú-Kaapor: ãka
    • Wayampi: akaŋ (Amapari)
    • Wayampi: akã (Jari)
    • Xingú Asuriní: akɨŋ

    References

    1. ^ 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 402
    2. ^ Schleicher, Charles Owen (1998), Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 330, line 23
    3. ^ 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 117, line 33
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