Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/tikô

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

*tikô

1. the chigoe flea or jigger, Tunga penetrans

Descendants

• Guianan:
  • Apalaí: siko
  • Kari'na: siko
    • →? English: chigoe, chigger, jigger
  • Proto-Taranoan: *cikə
    • Akurio: tyikë
    • Carijona: čikë
    • Trió: sikë
  • Wayana: sikë
• Parukotoan:
  • Waiwai: sïko
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Pemongan:
    • Akawaio: sikö
    • Macushi: sikî
    • Pemon: sikö
• Ye'kwana: sichö
• → Sranan Tongo: sika

References

• Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology‎^[1], Houston: Rice University, page 171
• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 368
• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “sichö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[3], Lyon