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Reconstruction:Proto-Arawak/kanawa

This Proto-Arawak entry contains reconstructed words 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

*kanawa [1]

  1. canoe

Descendants
  • Piro-Apurinã: *kanawa[2]
    • Apurinã: kanawa (kanaɰa)
    • Piro-Iñapari: *kanawa
      • Iñapari: anawá (anawa)
      • Yine: kanawa
  • Ta-Arawak: *kanawa
    • Guajiro: *anuwa
      • Paraujano: anuwa
      • Wayuu: anuwa, anua
    • Lokono-Igñeri: *kanawa
      • Arawak: kanoa
      • Igñeri-Taíno: *kanawa
        • Garifuna: kawána
        • Taíno: *kanowa
          • → Spanish: canoa (see there for further descendants)
  • Wapixaná-Baré:
    • Wapishana: [Term?] (kʰanawa)
    • Mawayana: kanawa
  • Paresí-Waurá:
  • Nawiki:
    • Yucuna: kuna'á

References
  1. 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 203
  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 89
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