Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/ʔok

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Tupian *ʔekʷ.

    Noun

    *ʔok

    1. tuber[2][3][4]
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Proto-Tupian *ok.

      Verb

      *ʔok

      1. to pluck; to take off[3]
      2. to dig[1][4]
      Derived terms
      • *-eʔrok
      • *joʔok
      • *kɨtíŋ-ʔók
      • *mojaʔok
      Descendants
      • Araweté: ʼok
      • Guajajára: oʼok
      • Guarayu: ʼo
      • Kamayurá: ʼok
      • Kaiwá: 'o, -vo
      • Mbya Guarani: 'o
      • Old Tupi: 'ok
      • Xingú Asuriní: ak

      References

      1. 1.0 1.1 Schleicher, Charles Owen (1998), Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 200, line 14
      2. 2.0 2.1 Nikulin, Andrey (2020), Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo [Proto-Macro-Jê: a reconstructive study] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570
      3. 3.0 3.1 Mello, Antônio Augusto Souza (2000), “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos [Lexical reconstructions and cognates]” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais [Historical study of the Tupi-Guarani language family: phonological and lexical aspects] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, pages 209–210, lines 751–752, 759
      4. 4.0 4.1 Corrêa da Silva, Beatriz Carretta (2010), Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas [Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: linguistic relations and historical implications]‎[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB; pages 404, 410; lines 68, 206