Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/mɨnepu

This Proto-Cariban 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-Cariban

Noun

*mɨnepu (possessed *mɨnepuru)

1. bridge

Descendants

• Guianan:
  • Kari'na: munepu
  • Proto-Taranoan: *mɨnepu
    • Trió: mïnepu, nnepu
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Pemongan:
    • Akawaio: miye'
    • Pemon: müne'pu, münek
• Ye'kwana: müneju

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 320
• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “müneju”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[2], Lyon