Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/mokaʔẽ

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 *mo- + *kaʔẽ.

    Verb

    *mokaʔẽ[1]

    1. to buccan

    Descendants

    • Araweté: mukaʼe
    • Guajajára: umuke'e
    • Guarayu: mokä'e
    • Old Tupi: moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ, mbonga'ẽ, monga'ẽ
    • Tenharim: -moka'ẽ

    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 179, line 366