Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/pirãj

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 *pira (“fish”) +‎ *tãj (“tooth”).

    Noun

    *pirãj[1]

    1. piranha

    Descendants

    • Eastern Bolivian Guaraní: pirãi
    • Old Tupi: pirãîa, piranha
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: pirãi
    • Tembé: piraj

    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 188, line 485
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.