Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/kïcuR

This Proto-Uto-Aztecan 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-Uto-Aztecan

Noun

*kïcuR

1. fish

Descendants

*kïcuR (unmarked)

• Cahita:
  • Mayo: cutchu
• Corachol:
  • Huichol: quesḯ

*kïcuR-ta (absolutive)

• Northern Uto-Aztecan:

• Cupan:

• Cahuilla: kiyul
• Cupeño: qeyu̱l

• Tübatulabal: kuyu·l

*pa-kïcuR (“water-fish”)

• Northern Uto-Aztecan:
  • Hopi: paakiw
  • Northern Paiute: paggwe

References

• Manaster Ramer, Alexis (1993) “Blood, tears, and murder: the evidence for Proto-Uto-Aztecan syllable-final consonants”, in Marle, Jaap van, editor, Historical Linguistics 1991: Papers from the 10th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Amsterdam, 12-16 August 1991, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pages 199–209
• Miller, Wick R. (1967) Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 48), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 35: “173 fish.”