Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/nanã

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

    Noun

    *nanã[1]

    1. pineapple

    Descendants

    • Araweté: nanĩ
    • Guajajára: nànà
    • Old Tupi: naná, ananá
      • Nheengatu: naná, ananá, nanã
      • → Portuguese: ananás (see there for further descendants)
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: anana
    • Urubú-Kaapor: nana

    References

    1. ^ 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 183, line 414
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