Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/kʷarat͡ʃɨ

This Proto-Tupi-Guarani 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-Tupi-Guarani

Etymology

    Uncertain, with multiple theories:

    • Schleicher proposes the compound *kʷar (“sun”) +‎ *t͡ʃɨ (“mother”).[1]
    • Nikulin proposes a derivation from Proto-Tupian *ŋkʷat with an unexplained *-at͡ʃɨ suffix.[2]
    • Navarro hypothesizes a compound of kó (“this”) +‎ 'ara (“day”) +‎ sy (“origin”) (*ko +‎ *ʔar +‎ *t͡ʃɨ) for the Old Tupi descendant.[3]

    Noun

    *kʷarat͡ʃɨ[1][2][4][5]

    1. sun
      Synonym: *kʷar

    Descendants

    • Araweté: karahi
    • Guajajára: kwarahy
    • Mbyá Guaraní: kuaray
    • Old Tupi: kûarasy
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: kuarahy
    • Tenharim: kwarahy
    • Urubú-Kaapor: warahy, kwarahy (dated)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charles Owen Schleicher (1998), Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 339, line 100
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Andrey Nikulin (2020), Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570
    3. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “kûarasy”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 236, column 2
    4. ^ Miriam Lemle (1971), “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 126, line 195
    5. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (17 March 2000), “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 176, line 318
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