Reconstruction:Proto-Nawiki/nene

This Proto-Nawiki 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-Nawiki

Etymology

From Proto-Arawak *nene.

Noun

*nene[1][2]

tongue

Descendants

Western Nawiki:
- Yucuna: lenaji
Eastern Nawiki:
- Tariana: énene
- Curripaco: lienene, liénene (lieːnene)
Piapoko: nunène

References

Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery (2016), “*-enene”, in Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais Sul-Americanas, Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Letras, page 330
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 227: “*na-ni'”

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[1] Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery (2016), “*-enene”, in Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais Sul-Americanas, Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Letras, page 330

[2] 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 227: “*na-ni'”