Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/ôterɨwawô

This Proto-Cariban 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-Cariban

Numeral

*ôterɨwawô

1. three

Descendants

• Guianan:
  • Apalaí: oseruwau
  • Kari'na: óruwa
  • Proto-Taranoan: *əcerawə
    • ⇒ Carijona: serawërë
    • Trió: ëerao
  • Wayana: ëselowau
• Parukotoan:
  • Waiwai: osoruwau
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Pemongan:
    • Akawaio: osorowa, osorïwau
    • Macushi: eserîwî
    • Pemon: eserau
  • Yao (South America): terrewaw
• Ye'kwana: aduwaawö, aaduwawö, öudawö, öddwawö, ödwawö, addwawö

References

• Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology‎^[1], Houston: Rice University, page 186
• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 331
• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “aduwaawö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[3], Lyon