Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/wɨra

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

    *wɨra[1][2][3]

    1. bird

    Derived terms

    • *wɨraʔĩ (“birdie”)
      • Guarayu: vɨraï
      • Mbyá Guaraní: guyra'i
      • Old Tupi: gûyra'ĩ
      • Tenharim: gwyra'i
      • Paraguayan Guaraní: guyra'i

    Descendants

    • Guajajára: wyra
    • ⇒ Guarayu: vɨräi
    • Mbyá Guaraní: guyra
    • Old Tupi: gûyrá, ûyrá
      • Nheengatu: wirá
      • → Brazilian Portuguese: uirá
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: guyra
    • Tenharim: gwyra
    • Urubú-Kaapor: wyra

    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 158
    2. ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 351, line 204
    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 205, line 695
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