Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/tupã

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

    *tupã[1]

    1. thunder

    Descendants

    • Guarayu: tüpä
    • Classical Guaraní: tȗpȃ́
      • Eastern Bolivian Guaraní: tumpa
      • Mbyá Guaraní: Tupã
      • Paraguayan Guaraní: tupã
      • Western Bolivian Guaraní: tumpa
    • Old Tupi: tupã, tupana, Tupã, T., Tupana

    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 205