Reconstruction:Proto-Arawak/kali

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

*kali^[1]

lake

Descendants

Palikur: kariy (kaɣij)
Moxo-Terêna:
- Tereno: aturukoré
- Ignaciano: kakiure
Kampa:
- Machiguenga: inkáare
Proto-Ta-Arawak:
- Taíno: *xara^[2]
  - → Spanish: xara-
Wapixaná-Baré:
- Wapishana: [Term?] (kʰariʃii)
Proto-Nawiki: *kalitsa
- Yucuna: kaeja, kaesa
- Eastern Nawiki:
  - Curripaco: kálita (kaːlita), kalita
  - Tariana: kalísanai
- Piapoko: kalisa

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 179: “*-ka-li/é-sa”
^ Granberry, Julian, Vescelius, Gary (2004) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 113

[1] 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 179: “*-ka-li/é-sa”

[2] Granberry, Julian, Vescelius, Gary (2004) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 113

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