Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/pɨropɨ

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

*pɨropɨ (possessed *pɨropɨrɨ)

1. chest (body part)

Descendants

• Guianan:
  • Apalaí: puropu
  • Kari'na: ỳpopu
  • Proto-Taranoan: *pɨropɨ, *poropɨ
    • Akurio: poropï
    • Carijona: (with syllable reduction) rohï
    • Trió: pïropï
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Pemongan:
    • Akawaio: pïropo
  • Yao (South America): pyelapo, ⇒ hoppelabolle
• Ye'kwana: dojü

References

• Gildea, Spike, Doris Payne (2007) “Is Greenberg’s ‘Macro-Carib’ viable?”, in Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi: Ciências Humanas, volume 2, number 2, Belém, pages 19–72
• Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology‎^[1], Houston: Rice University, page 167
• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 438
• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “dojü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[3], Lyon