Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/tïn

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

*tïn

rock, stone

Descendants

*tïn-ta (absolutive)
- Cahita:
  - Mayo: tetta
  - Yaqui: téta
- Nahuan: *tetl
  - Classical Nahuatl: tetl
  - Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: tetl
  - Mecayapan Nahuatl: teꞌ
    - ⇒ Mecayapan Nahuatl: teꞌti
- Northern Uto-Aztecan:
  - Tübatulabal: tɨnt

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: “*tïn ‘rock’”
Miller, Wick R. (1967) Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 48), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, pages 52–53: “354a rock *tem.; 354b *te.”