Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/wɨra

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

*wɨra^[1]^[2]^[3]

bird

Derived terms

*wɨraʔĩ (“birdie”)
- Guarayu: vɨraï
- Mbyá Guaraní: guyra'i
- Old Tupi: gûyra'ĩ
- Tenharim: gwyra'i
- Paraguayan Guaraní: guyra'i

Descendants

Guajajára: wyra
⇒ Guarayu: vɨräi
Mbyá Guaraní: guyra
Old Tupi: gûyrá, ûyrá
- Nheengatu: wirá
- → Brazilian Portuguese: uirá
Paraguayan Guaraní: guyra
Tenharim: gwyra
Urubú-Kaapor: wyra

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 124, line 158
^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 351, line 204
^ 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 205, line 695

[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 124, line 158

[2] Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 351, line 204

[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 205, line 695

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