Reconstruction:Proto-Arawak/hamaka

This Proto-Arawak 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-Arawak

Noun

*hamaka

hammock

Descendants

Amuesha-Chamicuro:
- Yanesha': makoʔ
Proto-Ta-Arawak: *hamaka
- Wayuu: jama'a
- Lokono-Igñeri: *hamaka
  - Lokono: hamaka
  - Taíno: *hamaka
    - → Spanish: hamaca
      - → English: hammock
Wapixaná-Baré:
- Wapishana: zamaka
Paresí-Waurá:
- Wauja: amaka
- Yawalapití: amaka
Maipure-Avane:
- Yavitero: amáiha
Nawiki:
- Western Nawiki:
  - Resígaro: hamáaká
  - Yucuna: jamaká
- Eastern Nawiki:
  - Curripaco: ámako
  - Tariana: amakú
- Piapoco: amàca

References

Matteson, Esther, Wheeler, Alva, Jackson, Frances L., Waltz, Nathan E., Christian, Diana R., editors (1972), Comparative Studies in Amerindian Languages (Janua Linguarum. Series Practica; 127), The Hague: Mouton & Co., →ISBN, page 178
Granberry, Julian, Vescelius, Gary (2004) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 121
Mujica, Mitzila Isabel Ortega (1992) Aspectos fonológicos e gramaticais da língua yawalapiti (aruak)‎, Campinas: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, page 38

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