Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/tajat͡ʃu

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 Proto-Tupian *tˀaje +‎ *-wat͡ʃu (augmentative suffix).

Noun

*tajat͡ʃu

1. white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari)

Descendants

• Aché: t͡ʃat͡ʃu
• Anambé: taju
• Apiaká: tasao-a
• Aurá: ta'ʒau／taj'au
• Emerillon: tazau
• Guajá: t͡ʃahu
• Guaraní:
  • Classical Guaraní: tajat͡su／tajasu
  • Eastern Bolivian Guaraní: tajasu
  • Mbyá Guaraní: tajaxu
  • Paraguayan Guaraní: tajasu
• Guarayu: tajat͡su
• Kayabí: tajau
• Old Tupi: taîasu
  • Nheengatu: tayasú
• Sirionó: tit͡ʃasu
• Tapirapé: t͡ʃat͡ʃão
• Tembé: tazahu
• Tenharim: tajahu
• Urubú-Kaapor: tajahu
• Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau: taihua
• Xingú Asuriní: tad͡ʒau