Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/ahsi

This Proto-Nahuan 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-Nahuan

Verb

*ahsi

1. (intransitive) arrive
2. (transitive) find

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: ahci
• Guerrero Nahuatl: ajsi
• Highland Puebla Nahuatl: ajsi
• Mecayapan Nahuatl: asi
• Michoacán Nahuatl: ajsi
• Northern Puebla Nahuatl: ahsi
• Pipil: ajsi
• Tetelcingo Nahuatl: asi̱
• Tlamacazapa Nahuatl: ajsi

References

• Campbell, Lyle, Langacker, Ronald W. (1978 October) “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, pages 262–279: “(3) arive, find *ahsi”