Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/kʷarat͡ʃɨ
Proto-Tupi-Guarani
Etymology
Uncertain. Nikulin proposes a derivation from Proto-Tupian *ŋkʷat with an unexplained *-at͡ʃɨ suffix,[1] while Navarro hypothesizes a compound of kó (“this”) + 'ara (“day”) + sy (“origin”) (*ko + *ʔar + *t͡ʃɨ) for the Old Tupi descendant.[2]
Noun
- sun
- Synonym: *kʷar
Descendants
- Araweté: karahi
- Guajajára: kwarahy
- Mbyá Guaraní: kuaray
- Old Tupi: kûarasy
- Paraguayan Guaraní: kuarahy
- Tenharim: kwarahy
- Urubú-Kaapor: warahy, kwarahy (dated)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kûarasy”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 236, column 2
- ^ 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 126, line 195
- ^ 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 176, line 318