Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/mɨta

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

*mɨta (possessed *mɨtarɨ)

  1. mouth
    Synonym: *pota

Descendants

  • Guianan:
    • Apalaí: myhta, myta, nta
    • Kari'na: ynta
    • Proto-Taranoan: *mɨta, *nta
      • Akurio: mïïta, nta
      • Carijona: mïda, da
      • Trió: mïta, nta
    • Wayana: mïta, mta
  • Kuikuroan:
  • Parukotoan:
    • Hixkaryana: mta
    • Kaxuyana: mïta
    • Waiwai: mta
  • Pekodian:
    • Bakairí: ta
  • Venezuelan Cariban:
    • Panare: nta
    • Pemongan:
      • Akawaio: mïta, nta
      • Macushi: muta, nta
      • Pemon: müta
  • Ye'kwana: nta

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; 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), “*mɨta”, in Comparative Cariban Database‎[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, retrieved 17 May 2022
  • Meira, Sérgio (1998), A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology‎[2], Houston: Rice University, page 178
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[3], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 435
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “nta”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[4], Lyon
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