Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/kʷati

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

Noun

*kʷati^[1]^[2]

ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua)

Descendants

Guajajára: kwaxi
Guarayu: kwachi
Mbyá Guaraní: kuaxi
Old Tupi: kûati
- Nheengatu: kwatí
- → French: coati
  - → Romanian: coati
- → Portuguese: quati, coati
  - → Hunsrik: Quatti
Paraguayan Guaraní: kuati
- → Spanish: coatí
  - → Catalan: coatí
  - →? English: coati
  - → Finnish: koati
Tenharim: kwati
Urubú-Kaapor: kwaxi

References

^ Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 118, line 56
^ 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 176, line 320

[1] Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 118, line 56

[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 176, line 320

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