Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/a-kaŋ

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *ʔa (head) +‎ *kaŋ (bone).

Noun[edit]

*a-kaŋ[1][2][3]

  1. head
    Synonym: *ʔa

Descendants[edit]

  • Guaraní:
    • Mbyá Guaraní: akã
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: akã
  • Kaiwá: akã
  • Kamayurá: 'akaŋ
  • Kayabí: akaŋ
  • Old Tupi: akanga, akánga, acanga
  • Tapirapé: ãkɨŋ
  • Tenharim: akaŋ
  • Tocantins Asurini: akɨŋa
  • Urubú-Kaapor: ãka
  • Wayampi: akaŋ (Amapari)
  • Wayampi: akã (Jari)
  • Xingú Asuriní: akɨŋ

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 402
  2. ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 330, line 23
  3. ^ Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29)‎[1], volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 117, line 33