Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/purake

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

*purake

1. electric eel

Descendants

• Classical Guaraní:
  • Paraguayan Guaraní: porake
• Cocama: purake
• Old Tupi: puraké, poraké, purá
  • Nheengatu: puraké
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: poraquê, poroquê, puraquê
• Tembé: murake
• Tenharim: muraki
• Urubú-Kaapor: purake
• Wayampi: pɨrake
• Xingú Asuriní: purake