Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/kopaʔɨβ

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

    *kopaʔɨβ[1]

    1. copaiba

    Descendants

    • Guajajára: kopa'yw
    • Guarayu: kupaɨ
    • Old Tupi: kopa'yba
    • Tenharim: mbakupa'yv

    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 172, line 280