Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/pɨtu

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 Proto-Tupian *pɨt͡ʃʲu. Doublet of *ɨβɨtu.

    Noun

    *pɨtu[1][2]

    1. breath

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Guarayu: pɨ̈tü'ë
    • Mbyá Guaraní: pytu
    • Old Tupi: putu

    Verb

    *pɨtu[3][4][5]

    1. to breathe

    Descendants

    • Guajajára: ipytuhem
    • Old Tupi: putu
    • Tenharim: -pytu

    References

    1. ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 347, line 171
    2. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 569
    3. ^ 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 184
    4. ^ 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 193, line 547
    5. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 410, line 201