Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/eit

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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]

Inherited from Proto-Tupian *ewit.

Noun[edit]

*eit[1][2]

  1. honey
  2. bee

Descendants[edit]

  • Guaraní:
    • Mbyá Guaraní: ei
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: eíra
  • Old Tupi: eíra

References[edit]

  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 568
  2. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 404