Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/kuj

This Proto-Tupi-Guarani entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.
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

    Noun

    *kuj

    1. calabash
      Synonym: *ɨʔa
    Reconstruction notes

    Mello reconstructs *kuja.[1] However, for this protoform to work, most of its descendants should be oxytones ending in [a], which is not the case — Old Tupi has kuîa, and not *kuîá, for example.

    Descendants
    • Araweté: -ekuj
    • Guajajára: kuz
    • Guarayu: kui
    • Old Tupi: kuîa
    • Urubú-Kaapor: kúi

    Etymology 2

      Verb

      *kuj[2]

      1. to fall off (to become detached or to drop from)
      Descendants
      • Araweté: -kũ
      • Guarayu: kui
      • Mbya Guarani: kui
      • Old Tupi: kuî
      • Tenharim: -kui
      • ⇒ Urubú-Kaapor: kukúi

      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 173, line 286
      2. ^ Schleicher, Charles Owen (1998), Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 342, line 128
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