Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/pɨjati

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

Etymology

Perhaps compare Proto-Tupi-Guarani *paje (whence Old Tupi paîé, Wayampi paye, Portuguese pajé).

Noun

*pɨjati

1. shaman

Descendants

• Guianan:
  • Apalaí: pyaxi
  • Kari'na: pyjai
  • Proto-Taranoan: *pɨjaci
    • Akurio: piyahi
    • Carijona: hiyači
    • Trió: pïjai
  • Wayana: pïjai
• Kuikuroan:
  • Kuikúro: hüati
• Parukotoan:
  • Hixkaryana: yas
• Pekodian:
  • Bakairí: pyaji
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Panare: piyan
  • Pemongan:
    • ⇒ Akawaio: piyaisan
    • ⇒ Macushi: pia'san
    • Pemon: piyai
  • Yao (South America): peeiai, peeai
• Ye'kwana: jüwai, wai
• → English: piatza, piaie, piai

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 355
• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jüwai”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[3], Lyon