Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/ki

This Proto-Uto-Aztecan entry contains reconstructed words 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

*ki

house

Synonyms

*kaliR

Descendants

Cahita:
- Mayo: quibaque (“to enter”) (first syllable)
Corachol:
- Cora: chí'i
- Huichol: quíi
Northern Uto-Aztecan:
- Hopi: kiihu
- Cahuilla: kish
Pimic:
- Tepehuan:
  - Northern Tepehuan: kií
  - Southeastern Tepehuan: kiicham (first syllable)

References

Voegelin, C. F.; Voegelin, F. M.; Hale, Kenneth L. (1962) Typological and Comparative Grammar of Uto-Aztecan: I (Phonology) (Indiana University Publications in Anthropology and Linguistics; Memoir 17), Baltimore: Waverly Press, Inc.: “(44) *ki house”