Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/akuti

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 *akutˀi.

    Noun

    *akuti[1][2]

    1. agouti

    Descendants

    • Guajajára: akuxi
    • Guarayu: akuchi
    • Mbyá Guaraní: akuxi
    • Old Tupi: akuti (see there for further descendants)
      • Nheengatu: akutí
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: akuti
    • Tenharim: akuti
    • Urubú-Kaapor: akuxi

    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 152, line 25
    2. ^ 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 405, line 89