Reconstruction:Proto-Nawiki/i-naapi

This Proto-Nawiki 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-Nawiki

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Etymology

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From Proto-Arawak *napɨ.

Noun

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*i-naapi[1]

  1. bone

Descendants

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  • Yucuna: aphinaji
  • Eastern Nawiki:
  • Piapoko: api

References

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  1. ^ 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 227:*-i-aphi-na-SI