An improved etymology for the Tupi-Guarani ethnonym Kagwahiva
The present contribution challenges the traditional etymology of the well-known ethnonym kagwahiva, which goes back to the first decades of the 20th century. It is shown that the hypothesized etymological association with the reflexes of the Prot...
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The present contribution challenges the traditional etymology of the well-known ethnonym kagwahiva, which goes back to the first decades of the 20th century. It is shown that the hypothesized etymological association with the reflexes of the Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kap/*kaβ- ‘wasp’ is formally untenable. An alternative proposal is presented, supported by argumentation at phonological, morphological, semantic and syntactic levels, and based on the identification of clear, yet so far, unacknowledged cognates in Old Tupi, Old Guarani and other languages within the family. A PTG etymon *-kawaip/*kawaiβ- ‘to be aggressive, prone to violence’ is tentatively proposed, and further etymologization is advanced on the grounds of formal and semantic associations to *-kaʔu ‘to drink (alcoholic beverage)’.
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| spelling | doaj-art-e8103f802f7d4d458889ee458106a2052025-08-20T02:38:19ZengJagiellonian University PressStudia Linguistica Universitatis Cracoviensis1897-10592083-46242024-08-012024113915910.4467/20834624SL.24.009.19921An improved etymology for the Tupi-Guarani ethnonym KagwahivaFernando O. de Carvalho0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2115-7416 Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen The present contribution challenges the traditional etymology of the well-known ethnonym kagwahiva, which goes back to the first decades of the 20th century. It is shown that the hypothesized etymological association with the reflexes of the Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kap/*kaβ- ‘wasp’ is formally untenable. An alternative proposal is presented, supported by argumentation at phonological, morphological, semantic and syntactic levels, and based on the identification of clear, yet so far, unacknowledged cognates in Old Tupi, Old Guarani and other languages within the family. A PTG etymon *-kawaip/*kawaiβ- ‘to be aggressive, prone to violence’ is tentatively proposed, and further etymologization is advanced on the grounds of formal and semantic associations to *-kaʔu ‘to drink (alcoholic beverage)’. https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-linguistica-uic/artykul/an-improved-etymology-for-the-tupi-guarani-ethnonym-kagwahiva |
| spellingShingle | Fernando O. de Carvalho An improved etymology for the Tupi-Guarani ethnonym Kagwahiva Studia Linguistica Universitatis Cracoviensis |
| title | An improved etymology for the Tupi-Guarani ethnonym Kagwahiva |
| title_full | An improved etymology for the Tupi-Guarani ethnonym Kagwahiva |
| title_fullStr | An improved etymology for the Tupi-Guarani ethnonym Kagwahiva |
| title_full_unstemmed | An improved etymology for the Tupi-Guarani ethnonym Kagwahiva |
| title_short | An improved etymology for the Tupi-Guarani ethnonym Kagwahiva |
| title_sort | improved etymology for the tupi guarani ethnonym kagwahiva |
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