Distribution: Preserved in all daughter languages. Reconstruction shape: The Arikapú form presents an additional syllable in the middle of the root. Other such cases are known (see mouth, tongue). It is uncertain why Proto-Jabutí ǝ was retained after a coronal in Djeoromitxí. Semantics and structure: Polysemy: 'short (of length) / short (of height)' is reconstructible.
Ribeiro 2008: 104; Arikapú et al. 2010: 28 (mɾɐ̃y {mrãy}).
Djeoromitxi:mɛ̃ {mẽ}1
Ribeiro 2008b: 87.
Proto-Jabuti:*mɾɐ̃y
Voort #66 (*mrãj). Distribution: The root is preserved in all daughter languages. Reconstruction shape: Correspondences are completely regular.
Number:107
Word:thin
Arikapu:kǝbitǝ {käbitä}1
Ribeiro 2008: 84. Polysemy: 'shallow / thin (2D)'. The absence of prenasalization is unclear. Distinct from kɐ̃yɾɛ {kãyre} 'thin (of people)' [Ribeiro 2008: 77].
Djeoromitxi:kǝb͡zitǝ {käbzitä}1
Ribeiro 2008b: 76. 2D. Polysemy: 'thin (2D) / narrow'. The word for 'thin (1D)' is not attested.
Proto-Jabuti:*kǝbi-tǝ
Distribution: Preserved in all daughter languages. Reconstruction shape: It is uncertain why Proto-Jabutí ǝ was retained after a coronal in Djeoromitxí.
Number:108
Word:wind
Arikapu:ʔučičiɔ {utxitxio}1
Ribeiro 2008: 175. Translated as 'storm' in [Arikapú et al. 2010: 49].
Djeoromitxi:ʔo ~ ʔoʔo {o ~ oo}2
Ribeiro 2008b: 98.
Proto-Jabuti:
Not reconstructible. *ʔučičiʔɔ (~ *-ǯi- ~ *-c̢i- ~ *-ᶚi-), *ʔo are likely candidates.
Number:109
Word:worm
Arikapu:kɾahɨ {krahü}1
Ribeiro 2008: 96; Arikapú et al. 2010: 18 (kaɾahɨ {karahü}). Distinct from nduɾuču {durutxu} 'worm (generic) / rainbow' [Ribeiro 2008: 53, Arikapú et al. 2010: 13 ('snake, worm')], čonɔ̃ {txunõ} 'a reddish earthworm, approximately 15 to 20 cm in length, usually found on river banks' [Ribeiro 2008: 167].
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