Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/kapu

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 edit

Noun edit

*kapu

sky

Descendants edit

Guianan:
- Apalaí: kapu
- Kari'na: kapu
- Proto-Taranoan: *kapu
  - Akurio: kapu
  - Carijona: kahu
  - Trió: kapu
- Wayana: kapu
Kuikuroan:
- Kuikúro: kahü
Parukotoan:
- Hixkaryana: kahe
- Waiwai: ka'
Pekodian:
- Bakairí: kau
- Ikpeng: kapo
Venezuelan Cariban:
- Panare: ka'
- Pemongan:
  - Akawaio: ka'
  - Macushi: ka'
  - Pemon: kak
- Yao (South America): capou
Ye'kwana: kaju
Yukpan:
- ⇒ Yukpa: kamuru

References edit

Meira, Sérgio, Bruna Franchetto (2005) “The southern Cariban languages and the Cariban family”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 71, pages 127–192
Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology‎^[1], Houston: Rice University, page 183
Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 291
Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “kaju”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[3], Lyon