Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/kaʔa

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 reconstuctions

    Noun

    *kaʔa[2][3]

    1. forest
    2. leaf
      Synonym: *oβ

    Derived terms

    • *kapiʔi
    • *kaʔaβ

    Descendants

    • Araweté: kaʼa
    • Guajajára: kaʼa
    • Guarayu: kaʼa
    • Kaiwá: ka'a
    • Kamayurá: kaʼa
    • Mbya Guarani: ka'a
    • Old Tupi: ka'a, kaá (Lemos Barbosa spelling)
      • Nheengatu: kaá
      • → Brazilian Portuguese: caá
    • Paraguayan Guarani: ka'a
    • Tenharim: kaʼa
    • Urubú-Kaapor: kaʼa
    • Xingú Asuriní: kaʼa

    References

    1. ^ Schleicher, Charles Owen (1998), Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 339, line 101
    2. ^ 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 122, line 125
    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 172, lines 272a., 272b.
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