Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/kuj

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Proto-Tupi-Guarani

Etymology 1

    Noun

    *kuj[1]

    1. calabash
      Synonym: *ɨʔa
    Descendants
    • Araweté: -ekuj
    • Guajajára: kuz
    • Guarayu: kui
    • Old Tupi: kuîa
    • Urubú-Kaapor: kúi

    Etymology 2

      Verb

      *kuj[2]

      1. to fall off (to become detached or to drop from)
      Descendants

      References

      1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 173, line 286
      2. ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 342, line 128
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