Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/kɨwaβ

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

*kɨwaβ[1]

  1. comb

Descendants

  • >? Araweté: xiwa
  • Guajajára: kywaw
  • Guarayu: kɨgwa
  • Mbyá Guaraní: kygua
  • Old Tupi: kygûaba, kyûaba
    • Nheengatu: kiwawa
  • Tenharim: kyʼgwav
  • Urubú-Kaapor: kywa

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 175, line 312