Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/a-kaŋ

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

Etymology

From *ʔa (“head”) +‎ *kaŋ (“bone”).

Noun

*a-kaŋ^[1]^[2]^[3]

head
Synonym: *ʔa

Descendants

Guaraní:
- Mbyá Guaraní: akã
- Paraguayan Guaraní: akã
Kaiwá: akã
Kamayurá: 'akaŋ
Kayabí: akaŋ
Old Tupi: akanga
- Nheengatu: akanga
Tapirapé: ãkɨŋ
Tenharim: akaŋ
Tocantins Asurini: akɨŋa
Urubú-Kaapor: ãka
Wayampi: akaŋ (Amapari)
Wayampi: akã (Jari)
Xingú Asuriní: akɨŋ

References

^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 402
^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 330, line 23
^ Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 117, line 33

[1] Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 402

[2] Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 330, line 23

[3] Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 117, line 33

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