Reconstruction:Proto-Arawak/kanawa

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

Etymology

Compare Proto-Cariban *kanawa, Proto-Arawa *kanawa, Proto-Yanomami *kanawa, Guayabero kanaw, Macaguán kana, Kichwa kanuwa, Lamas Quechua kanuwa, kanwa, Huallaga Quechua kanwa, Kwaza kanwā, Pirahã xagaoa, anawa, Matanawi arawa, Proto-Nambikwaran *kaləw “husk”, Taruma kanawa.^[1]

Noun

*kanawa^[2]

canoe

Descendants

Piro-Apurinã: *kanawa^[3]
- Apurinã: kanawa (kanaɰa)
- Piro-Iñapari: *kanawa
  - Iñapari: anawá (anawa)
  - Yine: kanawa
Proto-Ta-Arawak: *kanawa
- Guajiro: *anuwa
  - Paraujano: anuwa
  - Wayuu: anuwa, anua
- Lokono-Igñeri: *kanawa
  - Lokono: kanoa
  - Igñeri-Taíno: *kanawa
    - Garifuna: kawána
    - Taíno: *kanowa
      - → Spanish: canoa (see there for further descendants)
Wapixaná-Baré:
- Wapishana: [Term?] (kʰanawa)
- Mawayana: kanawa
Paresí-Waurá:
- Pareci: kanowa
Nawiki:
- Yucuna: kuna'á

References

^ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery (2016) Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas, pages 358, 363, 369, 372, 379, 457, 497.
^ 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 203: “kanáwa”
^ 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 89

[1] Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery (2016) Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas, pages 358, 363, 369, 372, 379, 457, 497.

[2] 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 203: “kanáwa”

[3] 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 89

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