Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/ʔam

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 Proto-Tupian *ʔam.

Verb

*ʔam^[1]^[2]

to stand
Synonym: *puʔam

Antonym: *uβ

Descendants

Guajajára: 'àm
Guarayu: 'ä
Mbyá Guaraní: 'ã
Old Tupi: 'am
Tenharim: 'am
Urubú-Kaapor: u'am

References

^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 328, line 4
^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 409, line 175

[1] Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 328, line 4

[2] Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 409, line 175

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