Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/pa

This Proto-Uto-Aztecan 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.

Proto-Uto-Aztecan

Noun

*pa^[1]

water

Descendants

Cahita:
- Mayo: baaꞌa
Corachol:
- Cora: hah
- Huichol: háa
Northern Uto-Aztecan:
- Hopi: paahu
- Serran:
  - Gabrielino-Fernandeño: par
  - Serrano: bate
  - Kitanemuk: bate
- Proto-Numic:
  - Southern Numic:
    - Kawaiisu: poˀo
    - Ute: paa
  - Central Numic:
    - Comanche: paa
    - Panamint: paa
    - Shoshone: paa
  - Western Numic:
    - Mono (California): paja
    - Northern Paiute: paa

*pa-ta (absolutive)
- Proto-Nahuan: *aatl
  - Classical Nahuatl: ātl
  - Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: atl
  - Mecayapan Nahuatl: a̱ꞌ
  - Pipil: āt
  - Temascaltepec Nahuatl: atl
  - ⇒ Mecayapan Nahuatl: a̱ꞌti
  - ⇒ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: ötzintli̱
- Northern Uto-Aztecan:
  - Proto-Cupan:
    - Cupeño-Cahuilla:
      - Cupeño: pal
      - Cahuilla: pal
    - Luiseño: paala
  - Tübatulabal: pa·l

References

^ Manaster Ramer, Alexis (1993) “Blood, tears, and murder: the evidence for Proto-Uto-Aztecan syllable-final consonants”, in Marle, Jaap van, editor, Historical Linguistics 1991: Papers from the 10th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Amsterdam, 12-16 August 1991, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 201

[1] Manaster Ramer, Alexis (1993) “Blood, tears, and murder: the evidence for Proto-Uto-Aztecan syllable-final consonants”, in Marle, Jaap van, editor, Historical Linguistics 1991: Papers from the 10th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Amsterdam, 12-16 August 1991, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 201

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