Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/kapu

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

Noun

*kapu

1. sky

Descendants

• Guianan:
  • Apalaí: kapu
  • Kari'na: kapu
  • Proto-Taranoan: *kapu
    • Akurio: kapu
    • Carijona: kahu
    • Trió: kapu
  • Wayana: kapu
• Kuikuroan:
  • Kuikúro: kahü
• Parukotoan:
  • Hixkaryana: kahe
  • Waiwai: ka'
• Pekodian:
  • Bakairí: kau
  • Ikpeng: kapo
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Panare: ka'
  • Pemongan:
    • Akawaio: ka'
    • Macushi: ka'
    • Pemon: kak
  • Yao (South America): capou
• Ye'kwana: kaju
• Yukpan:
  • ⇒ Yukpa: kamuru

References

• Meira, Sérgio, Bruna Franchetto (2005) “The southern Cariban languages and the Cariban family”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 71, pages 127–192
• Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology‎^[1], Houston: Rice University, page 183
• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 291
• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “kaju”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[3], Lyon