Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/miwa

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

    *miwa[1]

    1. cormorant

    Descendants

    • Mbyá Guaraní: mbigua
    • Old Tupi: migûá
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: mbigua

    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 178, line 349