Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/pinoβ

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

    *pinoβ[1]

    1. palm tree
    2. palm leaves used as roofing; thatch

    Descendants

    • Guajajára: pino, pinoa, pinowa, pinuwa
    • Guarayu: pindo
    • Mbyá Guaraní: pindo
    • Old Tupi: pindoba, pindó (rare)
      • Nheengatu: pindawa
      • Portuguese: pindoba, pindova
    • Tenharim: pindov
    • Urubú-Kaapor: pinduwa

    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 188, line 480b