Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/soko

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

    *soko[1]

    1. heron

    Descendants

    • Guajajára: hoko
    • Guarayu: soko
    • Mbyá Guaraní: oko
    • Old Tupi: sokó, 'ysokó
      • Nheengatu: sukú
      • Brazilian Portuguese: socó
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: hoko
    • Tenharim: hoko
    • Urubú-Kaapor: soko

    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 184, line 427