Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/marakaja

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

    *marakaja[1]

    1. wild cat

    Descendants

    • Paraguayan Guaraní: mbarakaja
    • Old Tupi: marakaîá, maragûaó, mbarakaîá (Língua Geral Paulista)

    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 177, line 333