Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/ko

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

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Tupian *ᵑko.

    Noun

    *ko[1][2][3][4]

    1. cultivated field
    Derived terms
    • *kopʷer
      • Kaiwá: kokwe
      • Mbya Guarani: kokue
      • Paraguayan Guarani: kokue
    Descendants
    • Chiripá: koy
    • Classical Guarani: cóg
    • Guajajára: ko
    • Guarayu: ko
    • Kaiwá: kóga
    • Old Tupi:
    • Tenharim: ko
    • Xingú Asuriní: ka

    Etymology 2

      Adverb

      *ko

      1. here[1]
      2. this[5]
      Descendants
      • Guajajára: ko
      • Guarayu: ko
      • Kaiwá: ko
      • >? Kamayurá: koj, kuj
      • Mbya Guarani: koo
      • Old Tupi:
        • Nheengatu: kwá, xukúi
      • Paraguayan Guarani: ko
      • Tenharim: koa
      • Urubú-Kaapor: ko
      • Xingú Asuriní: ka

      References

      1. 1.0 1.1 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 172, lines 277–278
      2. ^ Corrêa da Silva, Beatriz Carretta (2010), Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas [Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: linguistic relations and historical implications] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 407, line 127
      3. ^ Meira, Sérgio; Drude, Sebastian (May–August 2015), “A summary reconstruction of proto-maweti-guarani segmental phonology”, in Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas, volume 10, number 2, Belém: MCTI, →DOI, page 293
      4. ^ Nikulin, Andrey (2020), Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo [Proto-Macro-Jê: a reconstructive study] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570
      5. ^ Schleicher, Charles Owen (1998), Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 100, line 122