Reconstruction:Proto-Nawiki/nene

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This Proto-Nawiki 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-Nawiki

Etymology

From Proto-Arawak *nene.

Noun

*nene[1][2]

  1. tongue

Descendants

  • Western Nawiki:
    • Yucuna: lenaji
  • Eastern Nawiki:
  • Piapoko: nunène

References

  1. ^ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery (2016) “*-enene”, in Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais Sul-Americanas, Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Letras, page 330
  2. ^ Matteson, Esther, Wheeler, Alva, Jackson, Frances L., Waltz, Nathan E., Christian, Diana R., editors (1972), Comparative Studies in Amerindian Languages (Janua Linguarum. Series Practica; 127), The Hague: Mouton & Co., →ISBN, page 227:*na-ni'