Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/(i)t͡ʃe

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

Pronoun

*(i)t͡ʃe

  1. I, me

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Amondawa: ihe
  • Anambé: ha
  • Apiaká: si
  • Aurá: he
  • Chané: ‘tʃe
  • Chiripá: , ché
  • Emerillon: dʒe
  • Kamayurá: ije
  • Kayabí: je
  • Mbya Guarani: xe-, xee
  • Old Tupi: ixé, iche (obsolete), xe, che (obsolete)
    • Nheengatu: ixé (I, me)
    • Nheengatu: se
  • Paraguayan Guarani: che
  • Tapirapé: ie
  • Tembé: ihe
  • Tenharim: jihi / ihi, ji
  • Urubú-Kaapor: ihẽ
  • Wayampi: ie
  • Xetá: će
  • Xingú Asuriní: dže, idže

See also

Proto-Tupi-Guarani reconstructed personal pronouns
Singular Plural
First person *(i)t͡ʃe *jane (inclusive)
*ore (exclusive)
Second person *(e)ne *peẽ
Third person *aʔe

References

  1. ^ Lemle, Miriam (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 120, line 84
  2. ^ Schleicher, Charles Owen (1998), Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 337, line 83
  3. ^ 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, page 200, line 640