Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/pe-tɨm

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

  • From Proto-Tupian *pe (“tobacco”) +‎ *tɨm (“to plant”).

    Noun

    *pe-tɨm[1][2]

    1. tobacco

    Reconstruction notes

    The compound can be roughly translated as "planted tobacco", suggesting that the plant was consumed but not cultivated until after the Proto-Tupi branching.[3]

    Descendants

    • Aurá: petã
    • Emerillon: petum
    • Classical Guaraní: petỹm
    • Old Tupi: petyma
      • Nheengatu: pitima
      • → Brazilian Portuguese: petima
      • → French: pétun

    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 187, line 470
    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 405, line 74
    3. ^ 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 270
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