Reconstruction:Proto-Arawak/hunia

This Proto-Arawak 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-Arawak

Noun

*hunia

1. water
2. rain

Descendants

• Moxo-Terêna:
  • Terêna:
    • Tereno: uune (uːne)
    • Kinikinao: [script needed] (uːne)
  • Moxo-Bauré: *ɨne
• Piro-Apurinã:
  • Yine: gina (hina, “rain”), gonu (honɨ, “water”)
  • Iñapari: [Term?] (χina), huní (huní, “water”)
• Amuesha-Chamicuro:
  • Yanesha': [Term?] (unʲ, “water”)
• Ta-Arawakan:
  • Guajiro:
    • Paraujano: uuja
    • Wayuu: juya (huja)
  • Arawak:
    • Lokono: uni
  • Lokono-Igñeri:
    • Garifuna: húya (huja, “rain”)
    • Kalinago: húia
• Paresí-Waurá:
  • Paresí-Saraveka:
    • Pareci: one (“water, river”)
    • Enawené-Nawé: one
  • Wauja: unɨ (“water”)
• Wapixaná-Baré:
  • Baré-Guinau:
    • Baré: hïya
    • Guinau: hía
  • Xiriâna: hunɨ
• Maipure-Avane:
  • Maipure: weni
  • Baniva-Yavitero:
    • Yavitero: weni
    • Warekena: wéni
• Nawiki:
  • Resígaro: hooní (“water”)
  • East Nawiki:
    • Mandahuaca: úni (“water”)
    • Karu-Tariana:
      • Tariana: iye (“rain”), [Term?] (uːni, “water”)
      • Curripaco:

        Aha: iiya (iːya, “rain”), uuni (u:ni~oni, “water, river”)

        Ehe: iidza (iːdza, “rain”), uuni (u:ni, “water, river”)

        Oho: iidza (iːdza, “rain”), uuni (u:ni, “water”)

        Ñame: iiya (iːya, “rain”), ooni (o:ni, “water, river”)

  • Piapoco: unía (“rain”), úni (“water, river”)

References

• Matteson, Esther, Wheeler, Alva, Jackson, Frances L., Waltz, Nathan E., Christian, Diana R., editors (1972), Comparative Studies in Amerindian Languages (Janua Linguarum. Series Practica; 127), The Hague: Mouton & Co., →ISBN, page 181