Reconstruction:Proto-Arawak/nama

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This Proto-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-Arawak[edit]

Noun[edit]

*nama[1]

  1. mouth

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

  • *niuma, *iuma[1]

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Piro-Apurinã: *náma[1]
    • Yine: nama
    • Apurinã: nãma
  • Proto-Amuesha-Chamicuro:
  • Proto-Ta-Arawak: *numa[2]
    • Wayuu: ali-ima (“beard”) (literally, “hair-mouth”)
    • Proto-Lokono-Igñeri:
      • Lokono: uima (“mouth of river”)
      • Garifuna: -iúma (“mouth of river”)
  • Proto-Paresi-Waura:
  • Proto-Wapixana-Bare:
    • Wapishana: paniinom (“door”) (literally, “house-mouth”)
    • Xiriâna: -numada (“door”)
  • Proto-Maipure-Avane:
  • Proto-Nawiki: *numa[1]
    • Proto-Western Nawiki: *núma[1]
      • Resígaro: póʔkónoomú (“door”) (literally, “house-mouth”)
      • Piapoco: capìinùma (“door”) (literally, “house-mouth”)
      • Yucuna: numanáhi (“door”) (literally, “mouth-house”)
    • Proto-Eastern Nawiki: *numa[1]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Matteson, Esther, Wheeler, Alva, Jackson, Frances L., Waltz, Nathan E., Christian, Diana R., editors (1972), Comparative Studies in Amerindian Languages (Janua Linguarum. Series Practica; 127), The Hague: Mouton & Co., →ISBN, page 180: “*nama/*n/iuma”
  2. ^ Payne, David L. (1991) Derbyshire, D. C., Pullum, G. K., editors, A classification of Maipuran (Arawakan) languages based on shared lexical retentions (Handbook of Amazonian Languages; 3), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, page 413: “*numa”
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