Reconstruction:Proto-Tupian/mani

This Proto-Tupian 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-Tupian

    Noun

    *mani[1][2][3][4]

    1. cassava

    Reconstruction notes

    Rodrigues & Cabral and Corrêa da Silva reconstruct Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mani, but don't list any direct descendant in this family.[1][2] Thus, only the derived terms in Proto-Tupi-Guarani are shown below.

    Descendants

    • Arara-Karo: mani
    • Awetí: mani
    • Jurúna: mai-
    • Proto-Tupi-Guarani: *maniʔok (cassava root) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Tupi-Guarani: *maniʔɨβ (cassava plant) (see there for further descendants)
    • Sateré-Mawé: mani
    • Suruí: mõj
    • Tuparí: mãj

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 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 405, line 75
    2. 2.0 2.1 Rodrigues, Aryon Dall'Igna; Cabral, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara (2012), “Tupían”, in Lyle Campbell, Verónica Grondona, editors, The indigenous languages of South America: a comprehensive guide (WOL; 2), Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, page 507
    3. ^ Gerd Carling, editor (2013–2026), “*mani”, in Diachronic Atlas of Comparative Linguistics, Frankfurt: Goethe University
    4. ^ 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