Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/pɨrôw

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

*pɨrôw

1. arrow
2. wildcane, arrow cane

Descendants

• Guianan:
  • Apalaí: pyrou
  • Kari'na: pyrywa
  • Proto-Taranoan: *pɨrəu
    • Akurio: pïrëu
    • Carijona: hïrëu (“wildcane”)
    • Trió: pïrëu
  • Wayana: pïlëu
• Kuikuroan:
  • Kuikúro: hüge
• Parukotoan:
  • Hixkaryana: (with certain prefixes) ehre
• Pekodian:
  • Bakairí: pyrâu
  • Ikpeng: pïrom
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Pemongan:
    • Akawaio: pöröw
    • Macushi: pîrîu
    • Pemon: püröu
  • ⇒ Yao (South America): mappoeroe

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 164
• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 356