Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/maʔe

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

*maʔe[1]

  1. thing

Descendants

  • Emerillon: mae
  • Guarayu: mba'e
  • Mbyá Guaraní: mba'e
  • Old Tupi: mba'e, ma'e
    • Nheengatu: maã
  • Paraguayan Guaraní: mba'e

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 177, line 339
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