Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/aiβ

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

    *aiβ[1][2]

    1. wicked; evil
    2. ugly

    Descendants

    • Guajajára: iaiw
    • Guarayu: ai
    • Mbyá Guaraní: vai
    • Old Tupi: aíb
    • Urubú-Kaapor: ai

    References

    1. ^ Schleicher, Charles Owen (1998), Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 300, line 20
    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 151, line 7
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