Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/aʔɨ

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 *aʔi.

    Noun

    *aʔɨ[1][2][3]

    1. sloth (any animal in the suborder Folivora)

    Descendants

    • Araweté: aʼi
    • Guajajára: a'y
    • Guarayu: aʼɨ
    • Old Tupi: a'y
      • Nheengatu: aí
      • → Brazilian Portuguese: aí, aígue
        • → English: ai
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: a'i
    • Urubú-Kaapor: a'yhu

    References

    1. ^ 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 158, line 97
    2. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 406, line 101
    3. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570
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