Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/awape

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

*awape[1]

  1. water hyacinth

Derived terms

  • *awapeasok (“wattled jacana”)
    • Guajajára: awapehok
    • Guarayu: agwapeasoi
    • Old Tupi: agûapeasoka
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: aguapeaso

Descendants

  • Guarayu: agwape
  • Old Tupi: agûapé
    • Nheengatu: awapé
    • → Brazilian Portuguese: aguapé

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 156, line 77
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