Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/purake

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

*purake[1]

  1. electric eel

Descendants

  • Classical Guaraní:
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: porake
  • Cocama: purake
  • Old Tupi: puraké, poraké, purá
  • Tembé: murake
  • Tenharim: muraki
  • Urubú-Kaapor: purake
  • Wayampi: pɨrake
  • Xingú Asuriní: purake

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 191, line 523