Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/a-kaŋ
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Proto-Tupi-Guarani
Etymology
From *ʔa (“head”) + *kaŋ (“bone”).
Noun
Descendants
- Guaraní:
- Kaiwá: akã
- Kamayurá: 'akaŋ
- Kayabí: akaŋ
- Old Tupi: akanga
- Nheengatu: akanga
- Tapirapé: ãkɨŋ
- Tenharim: akaŋ
- Tocantins Asurini: akɨŋa
- Urubú-Kaapor: ãka
- Wayampi: akaŋ (Amapari)
- Wayampi: akã (Jari)
- Xingú Asuriní: akɨŋ
References
- ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 402
- ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 330, line 23
- ^ Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 117, line 33