Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/ïca

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

Verb

*ïca

(transitive) plant

Descendants

Cahita:

Mayo: eecha

Corachol:

Huichol: ꞌesárica

Northern Uto-Aztecan:

Hopi: uuya

Pimic:

O'odham: ʼeṣ
Tepehuan:

Northern Tepehuan: ɨ́sai
Southeastern Tepehuan: ɨs

Tarahumaran:

Central Tarahumara: ichá

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: “*ïca ‘to plant’”
Miller, Wick R. (1967) Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 48), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 50: “323 plant (vb.) *ʔe, *ʔei.; 324 plant (vb.)”