Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/teentli
Appearance
Proto-Nahuan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïni-ta, *tïni.
Noun
[edit]*teentli
Descendants
[edit]- Classical Nahuatl: tēntli (“lip; edge”)
- Highland Puebla Nahuatl: ite̱n (“mouth”)
- Mecayapan Nahuatl: te̱nti (“mouth; edge”)
References
[edit]- 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: “(111) mouth *teen-”