Reconstruction:Taíno/kanowa

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

From Proto-Arawak *kanawa.[1]

Noun

*kanowa

  1. canoe

Descendants

  • Spanish: canoa
    • → Asturian: canoa
    • → Catalan: canoa
    • → Dutch: kano
    • → English: canoe
    • → Middle French: canoe
    • → Galician: canoa
    • → Huichol: canuva
    • → Italian: canoa
    • → Portuguese: canoa
      • → Hunsrik: Kanoh
    • → Russian: кано́э (kanóe)
    • → San Juan Colorado Mixtec: canuva
    • → Tagalog: kanoa
    • → Ye'kwana: kanowa

References

  1. ^ Granberry, Julian, Vescelius, Gary (2004) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 124
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