Reconstruction:Taíno/borīkē

This Taíno 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.

Taíno edit

Etymology edit

From *borĩ (“home people”), from *bo (“home, house”) +‎ *rĩ (“people”), + *kẽ (“large land, mainland”), from Proto-Arawak *ki.^[1]

Noun edit

*borīkē^[2]

homeland of the people

Descendants edit

→ Spanish: boricua
- ⇒ Spanish: borinqueño

References edit

^ Granberry, Julian, Vescelius, Gary (2004) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, pages 69-71
^ Granberry, Julian, Vescelius, Gary (2004) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 9

[1] Granberry, Julian, Vescelius, Gary (2004) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, pages 69-71

[2] Granberry, Julian, Vescelius, Gary (2004) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 9

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