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Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/irakô

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

*irakô

  1. bullet ant

Descendants
  • Guianan:
    • Kari'na: irako
    • Proto-Taranoan: *irakə
      • Akurio: irakë
      • Carijona: irakë
      • Trió: irakë
    • Wayana: ilak
  • Venezuelan Cariban:
    • Pemongan:
      • Akawaio: ira'
      • Pemon: irak
  • Ye'kwana: yaakö

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 163
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 277
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “yaakö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
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