Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/tapiʔir

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

  • Noun

    *tapiʔir[1][2][3]

    1. tapir

    Descendants

    • Araweté: tapɨʼɨ
    • Guajajára: tapi'ir
    • Guarayu: tapiʼi
    • Mbyá Guaraní: tapi'i
    • Old Tupi: tapi'ira (see there for further descendants)
    • Tenharim: tapiʼir
    • Urubú-Kaapor: tapi'ir

    References

    1. ^ Lemle, Miriam (1971), “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 116, line 11
    2. ^ Schleicher, Charles Owen (1998), Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 349, line 188
    3. ^ 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 196, line 583