Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/juniʔa

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

    *juniʔa[1]

    1. catfish

    Descendants

    • Guajajára: zene'a
    • Guarayu: nduya
    • Mbyá Guaraní: nhuji'a
    • Old Tupi: îundi'a, nhandi'a, nhundi'a
      • Nheengatu: yandiá
      • → Brazilian Portuguese: jundiá, jandiá, nhandiá
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: jurundi'a
    • Tenharim: nhandi'a
    • Urubú-Kaapor: jandi'a

    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 169, line 232
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