Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/kunumĩ

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

    *kunumĩ[1]

    1. boy

    Reconstruction notes

    Mello reconstructs the protoform as *kurumĩ believing the Old Tupi descendant originally had an [ɾ],[2] when this was in fact an 18th century innovation. Schleicher, despite writing the correct Old Tupi word, also reconstructs it the same way.[3] Both of them ignore that all the cognates they've listed besides Kaapor have an [n] in that position.

    Descendants

    • Guajajára: kunumi
    • Guarayu: kunumi
    • Mbyá Guaraní: kunumi
    • Old Tupi: kunumĩ
      • Old Tupi: kurumĩ (LGA), kulumĩ (LGP)
        • Nheengatu: kurumĩ
          • → Brazilian Portuguese: curumim, colomi, colomim, columim, culumi, culumim, curumi
    • Urubú-Kaapor: kurumĩ

    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 122, line 127
    2. ^ 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 294
    3. ^ Schleicher, Charles Owen (1998), Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 342, line 126
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