Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/katu

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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

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Tupian *katˀu.

    Adjective

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    *katu[1][2][3][4]

    1. good

    Descendants

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    • Araweté: katu
    • Guajajára: katu
    • Guarayu: katu
    • Mbyá Guaraní: katu
    • Old Tupi: katu
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: katu
    • Tenharim: -katu
    • Urubú-Kaapor: katu

    References

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    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, line 29
    2. ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family[1], Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, line 110
    3. ^ 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[2] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, line 271
    4. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas[3] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, line 218