Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/pinaawa

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

*pinaawa

1. (intransitive) be ashamed

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: pīnāhua
• Guerrero Nahuatl: pinawa
• Highland Puebla Nahuatl: pina̱hua
• Mecayapan Nahuatl: pi̱na̱hua, pi̱ná̱
• Michoacán Nahuatl: pinahua
• Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pinöhua
• Tlamacazapa Nahuatl: pinawa
• ⇒ Northern Puebla Nahuatl: pinahui

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: “(4) ashamed *pinaawa”