Reconstruction:Proto-Nawiki/nene

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

Etymology

From Proto-Arawak *nene.

Noun

*nene^[1]^[2]

tongue

Descendants

Western Nawiki:
- Yucuna: lenaji
Eastern Nawiki:
- Tariana: énene
- Curripaco: lienene, liénene (lieːnene)
Piapoko: nunène

References

^ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery (2016) “*-enene”, in Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais Sul-Americanas, Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Letras, page 330
^ 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: “*na-ni'”

[1] Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery (2016) “*-enene”, in Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais Sul-Americanas, Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Letras, page 330

[2] 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: “*na-ni'”

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