Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/aβati

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

    Noun

    *aβati[1][2][3]

    1. maize

    Descendants

    • Araweté: awaxɨ
    • Chiripá: avati
    • Guajajára: awaxi
    • Guarayu: avachi
    • Mbyá Guaraní: avaxi
    • Old Tupi: abati, abaxi (Língua Geral Paulista)
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: avati
    • Tenharim: avati
    • Urubú-Kaapor: awaxi

    References

    1. ^ Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 123, line 128
    2. ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 330, line 19
    3. ^ 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 151, line 3