Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/-aβ

This Proto-Tupi-Guarani 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-Tupi-Guarani

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Tupian *-ap.

    Suffix

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    *-aβ[1]

    1. instrumentalizer suffix

    Descendants

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    • Guarayu: -sa
    • Mbyá Guaraní: -a
    • Old Tupi: -sab, -ab, -b, , -ndab
    • >? Old Tupi: -a
    • Urubú-Kaapor: -ha

    References

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    1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 412, line 239