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Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/kujã

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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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Noun

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*kujã[1][2][3]

  1. woman

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Amondawa: kunha
  • Apiaká: koñá
  • Guajajára: kuzà
  • Guaraní: kuña
  • Guarayu: kuña
  • Mbyá Guaraní: kunha
  • Old Tupi: kunhã
  • Tenharim: kunha
  • Urubú-Kaapor: kunjã

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, page 123, line 135
  2. ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 342, line 129
  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 (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 173, line 288