Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/kawĩ

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

Noun

*kawĩ[1][2]

  1. fermented drink

Descendants

  • Araweté: ka
  • Guajajára: kàwi
  • Guarayu: kavɨ̈i
  • Kamayurá: kawĩ
  • Mbya Guarani: kaguijy
  • Old Tupi: kaûĩ
    • Nheengatu: kawĩ
    • Brazilian Portuguese: cauim, cauí
    • French: caouin
  • Paraguayan Guarani: kaguy
  • Tenharim: kag̃wi
  • Urubú-Kaapor: kawĩ

References

  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, page 171, line 270
  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 118, line 43