Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/tikô

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

*tikô

  1. the chigoe flea or jigger, Tunga penetrans

Descendants

  • Guianan:
    • Apalaí: siko
    • Kari'na: siko
    • Proto-Taranoan: *cikə
      • Akurio: tyikë
      • Carijona: čikë
      • Trió: sikë
    • Wayana: sikë
  • Parukotoan:
    • Waiwai: sïko
  • Venezuelan Cariban:
    • Pemongan:
      • Akawaio: sikö
      • Macushi: sikî
      • Pemon: sikö
  • Ye'kwana: sichö
  • → Sranan Tongo: sika

References

  • Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology‎[1], Houston: Rice University, page 171
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 368
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “sichö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[3], Lyon
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