Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/pɨtuʔu

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

  • From *pɨtu (“breath”) +‎ *ʔu (“to eat”).

    Verb

    *pɨtuʔu[1]

    1. to rest

    Descendants

    • Araweté: -pituʼu
    • Guajajára: upytu'u
    • Guarayu: pɨtuʼu
    • Mbyá Guaraní: pytu'u
    • Old Tupi: putu'u, pytu'u
    • Tenharim: -pytu'u
    • Urubú-Kaapor: putu'u

    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 193, line 549
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