Reconstruction:Taíno/borīkē

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 This Taíno 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.

Taíno

Etymology

From *borĩ (“home people”), from *bo (“home, house”) +‎ *rĩ (“people”), + *kẽ (“large land, mainland”), from Proto-Arawak *ki.

Noun

*borīkē

  1. homeland of the people

Descendants

  • → Spanish: boricua

References

  1. ^ Granberry, Julian, Vescelius, Gary (2004) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, pages 69-71
  2. ^ Granberry, Julian, Vescelius, Gary (2004) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 9
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