Reconstruction:Proto-Tupian/
ᵑkam
This Proto-Tupian 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-Tupian
Noun
*ᵑkam
[
1
]
breast
Descendants
Awetí:
kam
Proto-Tupi-Guarani:
*kam
Guaraní:
Classical Guaraní:
cȃ́·m
Paraguayan Guaraní:
káma
Old Tupi:
kama
Nheengatu:
kama
Sateré-Mawé:
nam
References
^
Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (
2010
)
Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas
(in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB,
page
403