Reconstruction:Proto-Ta-Arawak/kʰayapa

This Proto-Ta-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-Ta-Arawak

Noun

*kʰayapa

1. flea

Descendants

• Wayuu: jayapa
• Lokono-Igñeri: *kʰayaba
  • Garifuna: hayaba
  • Lokono: khajaba

References

• 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 177