Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/takʷar

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

    *takʷar[1][2]

    1. bamboo

    Descendants

    • Araweté: taʼakũ
    • Guajajára: takwar
    • Guarayu: takwara
    • Mbyá Guaraní: takuar
    • Old Tupi: takûara
      • Nheengatu: takwara
      • Brazilian Portuguese: taquara
    • Tenharim: ta'akwar
    • Urubú-Kaapor: takwar ra’yr

    References

    1. ^ Lemle, Miriam (1971), “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 127, line 199
    2. ^ 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 195, line 574