Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/ʔam

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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 Proto-Tupian *ʔam.

    Verb

    *ʔam[1][2]

    1. to stand
      Synonym: *puʔam
      Antonym: *uβ

    Descendants

    • Guajajára: 'àm
    • Guarayu:
    • Mbyá Guaraní:
    • Old Tupi: 'am
    • Tenharim: 'am
    • Urubú-Kaapor: u'am

    References

    1. ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 328, line 4
    2. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 409, line 175