Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/akʷãj

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

*akʷãj (absolute *takʷãj)[1]

  1. penis

Descendants

  • Araweté: -akũj
  • Guarayu: täkwäi
  • Mbyá Guaraní: akuãĩ
  • Old Tupi: akûãîa, akûãnha
    • Nheengatu: akunha
  • Tenharim: -akwanh

References

  1. ^ 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 153, line 28
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