Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/tũkãn
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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
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn.
Noun
*tũkãn[3]
Descendants
- Classical Guaraní: tȗcȃ
- Guajajára: tukàn
- Guarayu: tükä
- Kamayurá: tukan
- Mbyá Guaraní: tukã
- Old Tupi: tukana (see there for further descendants)
- Nheengatu: tukana
- Tenharim: tukan
- Urubú-Kaapor: tukan
- Wayampi: tukã
References
- ^ 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 198, line 606
- ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 406, line 104
- ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 569