Reconstruction:Proto-Ta-Arawak/kanawa

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

Etymology

From Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Noun

*kanawa

1. canoe, boat

Descendants

• Guajiro: *anuwa
  • Paraujano: anuwa
  • Wayuu: anuwa, anua
• Lokono-Igñeri: *kanawa
  • Lokono: kanoa
  • Igñeri-Taíno: *kanawa
    • Garifuna: kawána
    • Taíno: *kanowa
      • → Spanish: canoa (see there for further descendants)