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Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/wara

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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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*wara[1]

  1. scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)

Descendants

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  • Old Tupi: gûará, ûará
    • Nheengatu: wará
    • Portuguese: guará
  • Tembé: wara

References

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  1. ^ 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 204, line 690