Reconstruction:Proto-Nawiki/i-tsijai

This Proto-Nawiki 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-Nawiki

Etymology

From Proto-Arawak *siki.

Noun

*i-tsijai[1][2]

fire

Descendants

East Nawiki:
- Karu:
  - Baniwa: [Term?] (ti̪dzee)
  - Kurripako: tidze, tiye
- Tariana: syáwa
Piapoko: síyái

References

Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery (2016) Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais Sul-Americanas, Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Letras, page 384
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

[1] Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery (2016) Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais Sul-Americanas, Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Letras, page 384

[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