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Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/tïn

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

*tïn

  1. rock, stone

Descendants
  • *tïn-ta (absolutive)
    • Cahita:
      • Mayo: tetta
      • Yaqui: téta
    • Proto-Nahuan: *tetl
      • Classical Nahuatl: tetl
      • Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: tetl
      • Mecayapan Nahuatl: teꞌ
        • ⇒ Mecayapan Nahuatl: teꞌti
    • Northern Uto-Aztecan:
      • Tübatulabal: tɨnt

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, pages 199–209: “*tïn ‘rock’”
  • Miller, Wick R. (1967) Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 48), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, pages 52–53: “354a rock *tem.; 354b *te.”
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