Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/jakare

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

*jakare^[1]^[2]

caiman

Derived terms

*jakaretiŋ
- Guarayu: yakarechï
- Old Tupi: îakaretinga
- Paraguayan Guaraní: jakare tĩ
- ⇒ Tenharim: jakareti'ngi
- Urubú-Kaapor: jakarexĩ

Descendants

Araweté: jexere
Guajajára: zakare
Guarayu: yakare
Mbyá Guaraní: jakare
Old Tupi: îakaré
- Nheengatu: yakaré
- → Portuguese: jacaré
  - → English: yacare
  - → Galician: jacaré
  - → Hunsrik: Schakaree
Paraguayan Guaraní: jakare
Tenharim: jakare
Urubú-Kaapor: jakare

References

^ 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 121, line 107
^ 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 164, line 178

[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 121, line 107

[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 164, line 178

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