Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/pota

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

*pota (possessed *potarɨ)

1. mouth, snout, muzzle

   Synonym: *mɨta

Related terms

• *potɨ

Descendants

• Guianan:
  • Apalaí: pota
  • Kari'na: pota
  • Wayana: pota
• Parukotoan:
  • Hixkaryana: hota (“door”)
  • Waiwai: pota
• Pekodian:
  • Ikpeng: pora, wora
  • Pará Arára: po
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Mapoyan:
    • Mapoyo: pota
    • Yabarana: pota
  • Pemongan:
    • Pemon: pota
  • Yao (South America): hopataly
• Waimiri-Atroari: pyta
• Yukpan:
  • Yukpa: pota

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
• Florian Matter, editor (2021), “*pota”, in Comparative Cariban Database‎^[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, retrieved 2024-01-05
• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 351