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Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/metlatl

This Proto-Nahuan 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-Nahuan

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mataR-ta.

Noun

*metlatl

  1. metate (grinding stone)

Descendants
  • Classical Nahuatl: metlatl
  • Highland Puebla Nahuatl: metat
  • Mecayapan Nahuatl: metaꞌ
  • Morelos Nahuatl: metlatl
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: metlatl
  • Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: mitlatl
  • → Spanish: metate (from some Nahuan language)

References
  • Dakin, Karen (1983 April) “Proto-Aztecan Vowels and Pochutec: An Alternative Analysis”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 49, number 2, pages 169–203
  • Campbell, Lyle, Langacker, Ronald W. (1978 October) “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, pages 262–279: “(76) grinding stone *mətla-”
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