Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/kuj

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 1

Noun

*kuj^[1]

calabash
Synonym: *ɨʔa

Descendants

Araweté: -ekuj
Guajajára: kuz
Guarayu: kui
Old Tupi: kuîa
- Nheengatu: kuya
- → Portuguese: cuia, cuya (obsolete)
  - → Hunsrik: Kui
Urubú-Kaapor: kúi

Etymology 2

Verb

*kuj^[2]

to fall off (to become detached or to drop from)

Descendants

Araweté: -kũ
Guarayu: kui
Mbyá Guaraní: kui
Old Tupi: kuî
Tenharim: -kui
⇒ Urubú-Kaapor: kukúi

References

^ 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 173, line 286
^ Schleicher, Charles Owen (1998), Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 342, line 128

[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 173, line 286

[2] Schleicher, Charles Owen (1998), Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 342, line 128

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