Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/tapiti

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

    *tapiti[1]

    1. tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis)

    Descendants

    • Araweté: tapɨʼɨxɨ
    • Guajajára: tapixi
    • Guarayu: tapichi
    • Old Tupi: tapiti, tapeti
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: tapiti

    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 196, line 582