Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/mataR

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

*mataR

1. metate (grinding stone)

Descendants

• *mataR (unmarked)
  • Cahita:
    • Mayo: matta
  • Corachol:
    • Cora: muaatá
    • Huichol: matá
  • Northern Uto-Aztecan:
    • Hopi: mata
  • Pimic:
    • O'odham: maccuḍ (first syllable)
    • Tepehuan:
      • Northern Tepehuan: máúturai (first syllable)
      • Southeastern Tepehuan: mattur (first syllable)
  • Tarahumaran:
    • Central Tarahumara: matá
• *mataR-ta (absolutive)
  • Proto-Nahuan: *metlatl
    • Classical Nahuatl: metlatl
    • Highland Puebla Nahuatl: metat
    • Mecayapan Nahuatl: metaꞌ
    • Morelos Nahuatl: metlatl
    • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: metlatl
    • Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: mitlatl
    • → Spanish: metate (from some Nahuan language)
      • → English: metate
  • Northern Uto-Aztecan:
    • Proto-Cupan:
      • Cahuilla: malal
      • Cupeño: mala̱l
    • Tübatulabal: mana·l