Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/kupiʔi

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

  • Inherited from Proto-Tupian *ᵑkupˀi.

    Noun

    *kupiʔi[1][2][3]

    1. termite

    Descendants

    • Araweté: kupɨʼɨ
    • Guajajára: kupi'i
    • Guarayu: kupiʼi
    • Mbyá Guaraní: kupi'i
    • Old Tupi: kupi'ĩ, kupi'i (Língua Geral Amazônica)
      • Nheengatu: kupĩ
      • → Brazilian Portuguese: cupim
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: kupi'i
    • Tenharim: kupi'i
    • Urubú-Kaapor: kupi'i

    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 173, line 292
    2. ^ Corrêa da Silva, Beatriz Carretta (2010), Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas [Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: linguistic relations and historical implications] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 405, line 88
    3. ^ Nikulin, Andrey (2020), Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo [Proto-Macro-Jê: a reconstructive study] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 567
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