Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/mïca

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

*mïca[1]

moon

Descendants

*mïca (unmarked)
- Cahita:
  - Mayo: meecha
- Tarahumaran:
  - Central Tarahumara: michá
*mïca-ta (absolutive)
- Nahuan: *meeȼtli
  - Classical Nahuatl: mētztli
  - Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: metztli
  - Mecayapan Nahuatl: me̱tzti
  - Pipil: mētzti
  - Tetelcingo Nahuatl: mietztli̱
  - Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: metztli
- Northern Uto-Aztecan:
  - Cahuilla: menill
  - Tübatulabal: mɨ·yal (“month”)
*mïca-wït (augmentative)
- Northern Uto-Aztecan:
  - Hopi: muuyaw

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 204

[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 204