Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/taka

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This Proto-Uto-Aztecan entry contains reconstructed terms 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

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Noun

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*taka[1]

  1. man (adult male)

Descendants

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  • Hopi: taaqa
  • Proto-Nahuan:
  • Proto-Takic: *taka
    • Cahuilla: taxliswet (first syllable)
    • English: Takic (coined based on this reconstruction)

References

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  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