Obscure cognates and lexical reconstruction: notes on the diachrony of the Xinguan Arawak languages
Abstract The present paper discusses evidence supporting the claim that the common Xinguan Arawak noun for ‘hand’, *wɨʂɨku, is a shared lexical innovation of this subgroup and that, in addition, a formation for ‘finger’ derived from a nominal compound with the roots for ‘hand’ and ‘head’, *kapɨ-tɨwɨ...
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| Language: | English |
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Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
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| Series: | Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-81222016000100277&lng=en&tlng=en |