Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/nanã

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

    *nanã[1]

    1. pineapple

    Descendants

    • Araweté: nanĩ
    • Guajajára: nànà
    • Old Tupi: naná, ananá
      • Nheengatu: naná, ananá, nanã
      • Portuguese: ananás (see there for further descendants)
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: anana
    • Urubú-Kaapor: nana

    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 183, line 414