Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/potɨ

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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

*potɨ (possessed *potɨrɨ)

  1. beak
  2. snout, muzzle
  3. point, tip

Descendants

  • Guianan:
    • Apalaí: poty
    • Kari'na: poty
    • Proto-Taranoan: *potɨ
    • Wayana: potï
  • Parukotoan:
  • Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Ye'kwana: jötü

References

  • Gildea, Spike, Doris Payne (2007) “Is Greenberg’s ‘Macro-Carib’ viable?”, in Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi: Ciências Humanas, volume 2, number 2, Belém, pages 19–72
  • Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology, Houston: Rice University, page 165
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 351
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jötü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon