Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/mataR

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

*mataR[1]

metate (grinding stone)

Descendants

*mataR (unmarked)
- Cahita:
  - Mayo: matta
- Corachol:
  - Cora: muaatá
  - Huichol: matá
- Northern Uto-Aztecan:
  - Hopi: mata
- Pimic:
  - O'odham: maccuḍ (first syllable)
  - Tepehuan:
    - Northern Tepehuan: máúturai (first syllable)
    - Southeastern Tepehuan: mattur (first syllable)
- Tarahumaran:
  - Central Tarahumara: matá
*mataR-ta (absolutive)
- Nahuan: *metlatl
  - Classical Nahuatl: metlatl
  - Highland Puebla Nahuatl: metat
  - Mecayapan Nahuatl: metaꞌ
  - Morelos Nahuatl: metlatl
  - Tetelcingo Nahuatl: metlatl
  - Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: mitlatl
  - → Spanish: metate
    - → English: metate
- Northern Uto-Aztecan:
  - Cupan: [Term?]
    - Cahuilla: malal
    - Cupeño: mala̱l
  - Tübatulabal: mana·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 203

[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 203