Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/waiβĩ

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.

This Proto-Tupi-Guarani entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Tupi-Guarani

Noun

*waiβĩ

1. old woman

Descendants

• Guarayu: gwäivï
• Mbyá Guaraní: guaimi
• Old Tupi: gûaîbĩ, gûaîmĩ (Língua Geral Amazônica)
  • Nheengatu: waimĩ
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: Guaibim
• Tenharim: -g̃waivĩ

References

• Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 351, line 201