Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/ôwtô

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

*ôwtô (possessed *ôwɨtɨ)

1. house

Descendants

• Guianan:
  • Kari'na: auto, atto, (possessed) auty
  • Wayana: ëutë
• Kuikuroan:
  • Kuikúro: ete (“village”), (possessed) itu
• Parukotoan:
  • Hixkaryana: owto (“village”), (possessed) ewto
  • Waiwai: ïwtï
• Pekodian:
  • Bakairí: âtâ, (possessed) ety
  • Ikpeng: owro, (possessed) ewrï
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Panare: (possessed) yïwï'
  • Pemongan:
    • Akawaio: öutö, (possessed) yïwï'
    • Macushi: ewîtî, wîttî, (possessed) ewî'
    • Pemon: autö, (possessed) ewük
• Ye'kwana: öttö

References

• Meira, Sérgio, Bruna Franchetto (2005) “The southern Cariban languages and the Cariban family”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 71, pages 127–192
• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 248
• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “öttö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[2], Lyon