Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/wɨratiŋ

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 *wɨra (“bird”) +‎ *tiŋ (“white”).

Noun

*wɨratiŋ[1]

  1. great egret (Ardea alba egretta)

Descendants

  • Guarayu: vɨrächï
  • Mbyá Guaraní: guyra xiĩ
  • Old Tupi: gûyratinga, ûyratinga
    • Nheengatu: wirá-tinga
    • → Brazilian Portuguese: Guiratinga
  • Paraguayan Guaraní: guyratĩ
  • ⇒ Tenharim: g̃wyrati'ngi

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, line 698
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