Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/mota

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

*mota (possessed *motarɨ)

shoulder

Descendants

Guianan:
- Apalaí: mota
- Kari'na: mota
- Proto-Taranoan: *mota
  - Akurio: mota
  - Carijona: mota
  - Trió: mota
- Wayana: mota
Parukotoan:
- Waiwai: mota
Venezuelan Cariban:
- Pemongan:
  - Akawaio: mota
  - Pemon: mota
- ⇒ Yao (South America): hoomotaly
Ye'kwana: mota

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 (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology‎, Houston: Rice University, page 183

Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 320
Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “mota”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon

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