Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/atjôkô

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.

*atjôkô

1. two

• Guianan:
  • ⇒ Apalaí: asakoro
  • Kari'na: oko
  • ⇒ Proto-Taranoan: *acəkənə
    • Akurio: ëekënë
    • ⇒ Carijona: sëkënërë
    • Trió: ëëkënë
  • ⇒ Wayana: sakëne, hakëne
• Kuikuroan:
  • Kuikúro: takeko
• Parukotoan:
  • Hixkaryana: asako
  • Kaxuyana: asakï
  • Waiwai: asakï
• Pekodian:
  • Bakairí: azagâ
  • Ikpeng: arak
  • Pará Arára: adak
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Mapoyan:
    • ⇒ Mapoyo: sakenarï
    • ⇒ Yabarana: asakëma
  • Panare: asa', asak
  • Pemongan:
    • ⇒ Akawaio: asakörö, asa'rö, asa'rï
    • ⇒ Macushi: asakî'ne, saakî'ne
    • ⇒ Pemon: sakü'ne
  • Yao (South America): tage
• Ye'kwana: aakö

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