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Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/ôtipi

This Proto-Cariban 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-Cariban

Noun

*ôtipi (possessed *ôtipirɨ)

  1. lip

Descendants
  • Guianan:
    • Kari'na: asipi
    • Proto-Taranoan: *əhpi
      • Akurio: ëhpi
      • Trió: ëhpi
    • Wayana: etpi
  • Parukotoan:
    • Waiwai: etipï
  • Venezuelan Cariban:
    • Pemongan:
      • Akawaio: e'pi
      • Pemon: epi
  • Ye'kwana: ö'ji

References
  • Gildea, Spike, Doris Payne (2007) “Is Greenberg’s ‘Macro-Carib’ viable?”, in Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi: Ciências Humanas, volume 2, number 2, Belém, pages 19–72
  • Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology‎, Houston: Rice University, page 176
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 244
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ö'ji”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
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