Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/pakira

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

*pakira

the collared peccary, Dicotyles tajacu

Descendants

Guianan:
- Apalaí: pakira
- Kari'na: pakira
  - → English: peccary
    - → Finnish: pekari
  - → French: pécari
    - → German: Pekari
    - → Romanian: pecari
  - → Italian: pecari
  - → Portuguese: pecari
  - → Spanish: báquiro, pecarí
  - → Sranan Tongo: pakira
- Proto-Taranoan: *pakira
  - Akurio: pakira
  - Carijona: hakira
  - Trió: pakira
- Wayana: pakila
Venezuelan Cariban:
- Pemongan:
  - Akawaio: pakira
  - Pemon: pakira
- Yao (South America): pockiero
Ye'kwana: jakiya

References

Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology‎, Houston: Rice University, page 180

Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 334
Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jakiya”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon

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