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Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/pe-tɨm

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 *pe (“tobacco”) +‎ *tɨm (“to plant”).

    Noun

    *pe-tɨm[1][2]

    1. tobacco

    Usage notes

    The compound can be roughly translated as "planted tobacco", suggesting that the plant was consumed but not cultivated until after the Proto-Tupi branching.[3]

    Descendants
    • Aurá: petã
    • Emerillon: petum
    • Classical Guaraní: petỹm
    • Old Tupi: petyma
      • Nheengatu: pitima
      • → Brazilian Portuguese: petima

    References
    1. Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Capítulo III - Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos”, in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 187, line 470
    2. Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 405, line 74
    3. Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 270
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