Appendix:Proto-Aztecan reconstructions
Below are some Proto-Aztecan (Proto-Nahuan) reconstructions by Davletshin (2012):[1]
Davletshin (2012)
[edit]| English gloss | Proto-Aztecan |
|---|---|
| all (todos) | *mochɨ-m |
| ashes | *nɨx-tlɨ |
| bark | *ɨwaː-yoː-tl |
| belly | *-ɨhtɨ |
| big | *wehey(ɨ) |
| bird | *toːtoː-tl |
| bite | *-kɨh-tzoma |
| black | *tliːl-tɨ-k |
| blood | *ɨs-tlɨ |
| bone | *oːmɨ-tl |
| breast | *-chiːchiːwal |
| burn tr. | *-tla-tɨ-ha |
| claw (nail) | *-ɨstɨ |
| cloud | *mix-tlɨ |
| cold | *sese-k |
| come | *wiːtz (preterit-as-present form) |
| die | *mɨki |
| drink | *-ihi |
| dry | *waːk |
| ear | *nakas-tlɨ |
| earth | *tlaːl-lɨ |
| eat | *-kwa-haː |
| eye | *-iːx |
| feather | *-ɨ?wɨ |
| fire | *tlahi-tl |
| fish | *mɨ-chɨ-m |
| fly | *patlaːni |
| foot | *-ɨkxɨ |
| full | *teːn-tok |
| give tr. | *-maka |
| good | *yeːk-tlɨ |
| hair | *-tzom |
| hand | *-mah |
| head | *-kwah |
| hear | *-kaki |
| heart | *-yoːl |
| I | *naha |
| kill | *mɨk-tɨ-ha |
| knee | *-tlan-kwah |
| know | *mati |
| leaf | *ɨswa-tl |
| lie | *mo-teːka |
| long | *weheya-k |
| louse | *atɨmɨ-tl |
| man | *tlaːka-tl |
| many | *mɨyak |
| meat | *naka-tl |
| moon | *meːtz-tlɨ |
| mountain | *tɨpeː-tl |
| mouth | *teːn-tlɨ |
| name | *toːkaːhɨ-tl |
| neck | *kəch-tlɨ |
| new | *yankwi-k |
| night | *yowal-lɨ |
| nose | *yaka-tl |
| one | *seː(m) |
| red | *chiːl-tɨ-k ? |
| road | *oh-tlɨ |
| root | *nelwa-tl ? |
| round | *yawal-tɨ-k ? |
| sand | *xaːl-lɨ |
| see | *-ɨhta |
| seed | *aːch-tlɨ |
| sit | *mo-tlalɨ-ha |
| skin | *eːwa-tl |
| sleep | *kochɨ |
| smoke | *poːk-tlɨ ? |
| stand | *kɨtza |
| star | *sitlalɨ-m |
| stone | *tə-tl |
| tail | *-kwitla-pɨl |
| that | *oːn- ? |
| this | *in- ? |
| thou | *təha |
| tongue | *-nɨnɨ-pɨl |
| tooth | *-tlan |
| tree | *kwa-wɨ-tl |
| two | *oːmə |
| walk (go) | *nɨh-nɨmi |
| warm (hot) | *to-toːnɨ-k ? |
| water | *aː-tl |
| we | *təha-mɨ-t |
| what | *tla-(hi ?) |
| white | *istaː-kɨ ? |
| who | *aːk |
| woman | *si/owaː-tl |
| yellow | *kos-tɨ-k ? |
References
[edit]- ^ Davletshin, Albert (2012). Proto-Uto-Aztecans on their way to the Proto-Aztecan homeland: linguistic evidence. Journal of Language Relationship, no. 8, 2012 - p.75-92.