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]

    1. toucan

    Descendants

    • Classical Guaraní: tȗcȃ
    • Guajajára: tukàn
    • Guarayu: tükä
    • Kamayurá: tukan
    • Mbyá Guaraní: tukã
    • Old Tupi: tukana (see there for further descendants)
    • Tenharim: tukan
    • Urubú-Kaapor: tukan
    • Wayampi: tukã

    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 198, line 606
    2. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 406, line 104
    3. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 569