Reconstruction:Proto-Arawak/nama

This Proto-Arawak 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-Arawak

Noun

*nama^[1]

mouth

Alternative reconstructions

*niuma, *iuma^[1]

Descendants

Proto-Piro-Apurinã: *náma^[1]
- Yine: nama
- Apurinã: nãma
Proto-Amuesha-Chamicuro:
- Yanesha': namats, yenam
Proto-Ta-Arawak: *numa^[2]
- Wayuu: ali-ima (“beard”) (literally, “hair-mouth”)
- Proto-Lokono-Igñeri:
  - Lokono: uima (“mouth of river”)
  - Garifuna: -iúma (“mouth of river”)
Proto-Paresi-Waura:
- Wauja: -numa
Proto-Wapixana-Bare:
- Wapishana: paniinom (“door”) (literally, “house-mouth”)
- Xiriâna: -numada (“door”)
Proto-Maipure-Avane:
- Yavitero: numa
Proto-Nawiki: *numa^[1]
- Proto-Western Nawiki: *núma^[1]
  - Resígaro: póʔkónoomú (“door”) (literally, “house-mouth”)
  - Piapoco: capìinùma (“door”) (literally, “house-mouth”)
  - Yucuna: numanáhi (“door”) (literally, “mouth-house”)
- Proto-Eastern Nawiki: *numa^[1]
  - Proto-Karu-Tariana:
    - Tariana: di-núma
    - Proto-Karu: *núma^[1]
      - Baniwa: -núma
      - Curripaco: nuʔmaʔ
  - Achagua: -núma

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Matteson, Esther, Wheeler, Alva, Jackson, Frances L., Waltz, Nathan E., Christian, Diana R., editors (1972), Comparative Studies in Amerindian Languages (Janua Linguarum. Series Practica; 127), The Hague: Mouton & Co., →ISBN, page 180: “*nama/*n/iuma”
^ Payne, David L. (1991) Derbyshire, D. C., Pullum, G. K., editors, A classification of Maipuran (Arawakan) languages based on shared lexical retentions (Handbook of Amazonian Languages; 3), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, page 413: “*numa”

[CSAL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Matteson, Esther, Wheeler, Alva, Jackson, Frances L., Waltz, Nathan E., Christian, Diana R., editors (1972), Comparative Studies in Amerindian Languages (Janua Linguarum. Series Practica; 127), The Hague: Mouton & Co., →ISBN, page 180: “*nama/*n/iuma”

[2] Payne, David L. (1991) Derbyshire, D. C., Pullum, G. K., editors, A classification of Maipuran (Arawakan) languages based on shared lexical retentions (Handbook of Amazonian Languages; 3), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, page 413: “*numa”

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