Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/ôwtô

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This Proto-Cariban 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-Cariban

Noun

*ôwtô (possessed *ôwɨtɨ)

  1. house

Descendants

  • Guianan:
    • Kari'na: auto, atto, (possessed) auty
    • Wayana: ëutë
  • Kuikuroan:
    • Kuikúro: ete (village), (possessed) itu
  • Parukotoan:
  • Pekodian:
  • Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Ye'kwana: öttö

References

  • Meira, Sérgio, Bruna Franchetto (2005) “The southern Cariban languages and the Cariban family”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 71, pages 127–192
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 248
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “öttö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon