Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/nanka

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

*nanka[1]

ear

Descendants

Cahita:
- Mayo: náccam
Corachol:
- Huichol: nacá
Nahuan: [Term?]
- Classical Nahuatl: nacaztli
Northern Uto-Aztecan:
- Cahuilla: náqal
- Hopi: naaqa (“earring”)
- Tübatulabal: naŋhal
Pimic:
- O'odham: na꞉k
- Tepehuan:
  - Northern Tepehuan: naákai
  - Southeastern Tepehuan: naak
Tarahumaran:
- Central Tarahumara: nacá

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

[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, pages 199–209