< Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani

Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/kam

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

From Proto-Tupian *ᵑkam.

Noun

*kam[1]

  1. breast

Descendants
  • Guaraní:
    • Classical Guaraní: cȃ́·m
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: káma
  • Old Tupi: kama

References
  1. Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 403
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