Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/wɨrapa

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

*wɨrapa (possessed *wɨraparɨ)

1. bow (weapon)

Descendants

• Guianan:
  • Kari'na: urapa, yrapa
  • Proto-Taranoan: *wɨra(:)pa
    • Akurio: wïraapa
    • Carijona: wïraha
    • Trió: wïraapa
• Parukotoan:
  • Waiwai: krapa
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Pemongan:
    • Akawaio: urapa
    • Macushi: urapa
    • Pemon: urapa
  • Yao (South America): hoerappe
• → Wayampi: wɨrapa

References

• Gildea, Spike, Doris Payne (2007) “Is Greenberg’s ‘Macro-Carib’ viable?”, in Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi: Ciências Humanas, volume 2, number 2, Belém, pages 19–72
• Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology‎^[1], Houston: Rice University, page 166
• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 415