Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/-aβ

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

  • Inherited from Proto-Tupian *-ap.

    Suffix

    *-aβ[1]

    1. instrumentalizer suffix

    Descendants

    • Guarayu: -sa
    • Mbyá Guaraní: -a
    • Old Tupi: -sab, -ab, -b, , -ndab
      • Nheengatu: -sawa
    • >? Old Tupi: -a
    • Urubú-Kaapor: -ha

    References

    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 412, line 239