Reconstruction:Taíno/hurakā

This Taíno 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.

Taíno

Etymology

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Noun

*hurakā[1]

  1. hurricane

Descendants

  • → Spanish: huracán (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Granberry, Julian, Vescelius, Gary (2004) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 106
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