Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/pakira

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

*pakira

1. the collared peccary, Dicotyles tajacu

Descendants

• Guianan:
  • Apalaí: pakira
  • Kari'na: pakira
    • → English: peccary
      • → Finnish: pekari
    • → French: pécari
      • → German: Pekari
      • → Romanian: pecari
    • → Italian: pecari
    • → Portuguese: pecari
    • → Spanish: báquiro, pecarí
    • → Sranan Tongo: pakira
  • Proto-Taranoan: *pakira
    • Akurio: pakira
    • Carijona: hakira
    • Trió: pakira
  • Wayana: pakila
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Pemongan:
    • Akawaio: pakira
    • Pemon: pakira
  • Yao (South America): pockiero
• Ye'kwana: jakiya

References

• Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology‎^[1], Houston: Rice University, page 180
• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 334
• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jakiya”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[3], Lyon