Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/meru

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

    *meru[1]

    1. fly

    Descendants

    • Araweté: meru
    • Guajajára: meru
    • Guarayu: mberu
    • Mbyá Guaraní: mberu
    • Old Tupi: meru, mberu
      • Nheengatu: merú
      • → Brazilian Portuguese: biru
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: mberu
    • Tenharim: mberu
    • Urubú-Kaapor: merũ
    • Xingú Asuriní: merom

    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 179, line 356
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