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Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/ôwtô

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

*ôwtô (possessed *ôwɨtɨ)

  1. house

Descendants
  • Guianan:
    • Kari'na: auto, atto, (possessed) auty
    • Wayana: ëutë
  • Kuikuroan:
    • Kuikúro: ete (“village”), (possessed) itu
  • Parukotoan:
    • Hixkaryana: owto (“village”), (possessed) ewto
    • Waiwai: ïwtï
  • Pekodian:
    • Bakairí: âtâ, (possessed) ety
    • Ikpeng: owro, (possessed) ewrï
  • Venezuelan Cariban:
    • Panare: (possessed) yïwï'
    • Pemongan:
      • Akawaio: öutö, (possessed) yïwï'
      • Macushi: ewîtî, wîttî, (possessed) ewî'
      • Pemon: autö, (possessed) ewük
  • Ye'kwana: öttö

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
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 248
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “öttö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
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