Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/jar

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 *iwat.

    Noun

    *jar[1]

    1. owner

    Descendants

    • Guajajára: izar
    • Guarayu: yar
    • Mbyá Guaraní: ja
    • Old Tupi: îara
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: jára
    • Tenharim: -jar

    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 406, line 115