Reconstruction:Proto-Tupian/kɨt

This Proto-Tupian 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-Tupian

Adjective

*kɨt

1. green, unripe

Descendants

• Arara-Karo: kit (“green, yellow, almost ripe”)
• Awetí: kɨt
• Gavião do Jiparaná: kiri
• Jurúna: akɨla
• Karitiâna: ket (“blue”), kera (“green”)
• Mundurukú: kit
• Proto-Tupi-Guarani: *kɨr
  • Guaraní:
    • Mbyá Guaraní: ky
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: ky
  • Old Tupi: kyr, akyr
• Sateré-Mawé: kɨtʔi (“young, green”)
• Tuparí: kit (“young”)
• Xipaya: akɨa (“green corn”)