Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/aiβ

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

    *aiβ[1][2]

    1. wicked; evil
    2. ugly

    Descendants

    • Guajajára: iaiw
    • Guarayu: ai
    • Mbyá Guaraní: vai
    • Old Tupi: aíb
    • Urubú-Kaapor: ai

    References

    1. ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 300, line 20
    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 151, line 7
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