Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/nami

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

    *nami[1][2][3]

    1. ear lobe
      Coordinate term: *apɨt͡ʃa (“earhole”)

    Descendants

    • Araweté: -amɨ
    • Guajajára: inami
    • Guarayu: nambi
    • Mbyá Guaraní: nambi
    • Old Tupi: nambi
      • Nheengatu: nambí
      • → Brazilian Portuguese: nambi
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: nambi
    • Tenharim: -nambi
    • Urubú-Kaapor: inambi
    • Xingú Asuriní: ganambi

    References

    1. ^ 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 124, line 149
    2. ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 344, line 145
    3. ^ 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 183, line 413
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.