Reconstruction:Proto-Otomi/nąni

This Proto-Otomi 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-Otomi

Etymology

From Proto-Otomian [Term?], from Proto-Oto-Pamean *nõa-n or *nõ-nʔ (“burn”).

Noun

*nąni

1. lime (calcium oxide)

Descendants

• Mezquital Otomi: näni

References

• Bartholomew, Doris (1960 October) “Some revisions of Proto-Otomi consonants”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 26, number 4, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 317–329: “7. *n(V̨) *nąni lime”