Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/kujã

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

*kujã[1][2][3]

  1. woman

Derived terms

  • *kujatãj

Descendants

  • Amondawa: kunha
  • Apiaká: koñá
  • Guajajára: kuzà
  • Guaraní: kuña
  • Guarayu: kuña
  • Mbyá Guaraní: kunha
  • Old Tupi: kunhã
  • Tenharim: kunha
  • Urubú-Kaapor: kunjã

References

  1. ^ Lemle, Miriam (1971), “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 123, line 135
  2. ^ Schleicher, Charles Owen (1998), Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 342, line 129
  3. ^ 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 288
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