Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/pɨjati

This Proto-Cariban entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Perhaps compare Proto-Tupi-Guarani *paje (whence Old Tupi paîé, Wayampi paye, Portuguese pajé).

*pɨjati

1. shaman

• Guianan:
  • Apalaí: pyaxi
  • Kari'na: pyjai
  • Proto-Taranoan: *pɨjaci
    • Akurio: piyahi
    • Carijona: hiyači
    • Trió: pïjai
  • Wayana: pïjai
• Kuikuroan:
  • Kuikúro: hüati
• Parukotoan:
  • Hixkaryana: yas
• Pekodian:
  • Bakairí: pyaji
• Venezuelan Cariban:
  • Panare: piyan
  • Pemongan:
    • ⇒ Akawaio: piyaisan
    • ⇒ Macushi: pia'san
    • Pemon: piyai
  • Yao (South America): peeiai, peeai
• Ye'kwana: jüwai, wai
• → English: piatza, piaie, piai

• Meira, Sérgio, Bruna Franchetto (2005) “The southern Cariban languages and the Cariban family”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 71, pages 127–192
• Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology‎^[1], Houston: Rice University, page 183
• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 355
• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jüwai”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[3], Lyon