Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/jatiʔũ

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 *watʲiʔũ.

    Noun

    *jatiʔũ[1][2]

    1. mosquito

    Descendants

    • Guajajára: zexi'u, xixi'u, zaxi'u, zàxi'u
    • Guarayu: ñachi'ü
    • Mbyá Guaraní: nhaxi'ũ
    • Old Tupi: nhati'ũ, îati'ũ, inhati'ũ
      • → Brazilian Portuguese: jatium
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: ñati'ũ

    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 166, line 198
    2. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 406, line 94
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