Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/pota

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

*pota (possessed *potarɨ)

mouth, snout, muzzle
Synonym: *mɨta

Related terms

*potɨ

Descendants

Guianan:
- Apalaí: pota
- Kari'na: pota
- Wayana: pota
Parukotoan:
- Hixkaryana: hota (“door”)
- Waiwai: pota
Pekodian:
- Ikpeng: pora, wora
- Pará Arára: po
Venezuelan Cariban:
- Mapoyan:
  - Mapoyo: pota
  - Yabarana: pota
- Pemongan:
  - Pemon: pota
- Yao (South America): hopataly
Waimiri-Atroari: pyta
Yukpan:
- Yukpa: pota

References

Meira, Sérgio, Bruna Franchetto (2005) “The southern Cariban languages and the Cariban family”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 71, pages 127–192
Florian Matter, editor (2021), “*pota”, in Comparative Cariban Database‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, retrieved 2024-01-05

Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 351

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