Reconstruction:Proto-Ta-Arawak/kʰayapa

This Proto-Ta-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-Ta-Arawak

Noun

*kʰayapa

flea

Descendants

Wayuu: jayapa
Lokono-Igñeri: *kʰayaba
- Garifuna: hayaba
- Arawak: khajaba

References

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 177