Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/mituku

This Proto-Cariban 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-Cariban

Noun

*mituku (possessed *mitukuru)

  1. blood
    Synonym: *munu

Descendants

  • Parukotoan:
    • ⇒ Hixkaryana: kamsuku
    • ⇒ Kaxuyana: kami
    • ⇒ Waiwai: kamšuku
  • Venezuelan Cariban:
    • Mapoyan:
      • Mapoyo: mišuku
      • Yabarana: me:suku
    • Panare: mechu'

References

  • Meira, Sérgio, Bruna Franchetto (2005) “The southern Cariban languages and the Cariban family”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 71, pages 127–192
  • Florian Matter, editor (2021), “*mituku”, in Comparative Cariban Database‎[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, retrieved 13 February 2024
  • Florian Matter, editor (2021), “*kamituku”, in Comparative Cariban Database‎[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, retrieved 13 February 2024
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