Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/ɨˀβa

This Proto-Tupi-Guarani 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-Tupi-Guarani

Etymology

From *ʔɨβ (“tree”) +‎ *ʔa (“head, fruit”).

Noun

*ɨˀβa^[1]^[2]

fruit
Synonym: *ʔa

Derived terms

*maʔeɨˀβa:
- Guajajára: ma'ywa
- Urubú-Kaapor: ma'eywa

Descendants

Guarayu: ɨva
Mbyá Guaraní: yva
Old Tupi: 'ybá
- Nheengatu: iyá
Tenharim: yʼva
Paraguayan Guaraní: yva

References

^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 328, line 1
^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 206, line 714

[1] Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 328, line 1

[2] Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 206, line 714

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