Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/paka

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

*paka[1]

reed

Descendants

*paka

Cahita:

Mayo: baaca

Corachol:

Huichol: háca

Northern Uto-Aztecan:

Hopi: paaqavi

Tarahumaran:

Central Tarahumara: baká

*paka-ta (absolutive)

Nahuan: *aakatl
- Classical Nahuatl: ācatl
- Highland Puebla Nahuatl: a̱cat
- Northern Puebla Nahuatl: acatl
- Tetelcingo Nahuatl: öcatl
- ⇒ Mecayapan Nahuatl: a̱ca
Northern Uto-Aztecan:

Cupan: [Term?]

Cahuilla: paxal

*pa~paka (reduplicated)

Pimic:

O'odham: vapk
Tepehuan:

Northern Tepehuan: vaapákai
Southeastern Tepehuan: baapak

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