Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/ɨβɨ

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

Etymology

    From Proto-Tupian *ɨpʷɨ.

    Noun

    *ɨβɨ[1][2][3][4]

    1. earth; soil

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Araweté: iwi
    • Guajajára: ywy
    • Guarayu: ɨvɨ
    • Mbyá Guaraní: yvy
    • Old Tupi: yby
      • Nheengatu: iwí
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: yvy
    • Tenharim: yvy
    • Urubú-Kaapor: ywy

    References

    1. ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 337, line 88
    2. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (17 March 2000) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 206, line 716
    3. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 404, line 66
    4. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570