Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/ona

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

*ona

1. salt

Descendants

• Cahita:
  • Mayo: oona
  • Yaqui: oóna
• Corachol:
  • Huichol: ꞌúna
• Northern Uto-Aztecan:
  • Hopi: öönga
• Pimic:
  • O'odham: ʼon
  • Tepehuan:
    • Northern Tepehuan: ónai
    • Southeastern Tepehuan: on
• Tarahumaran:
  • Central Tarahumara: coná

References

• Miller, Wick R. (1967) Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 48), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 53: “359 salt *ʔona.”
• Voegelin, C. F., Voegelin, F. M., Hale, Kenneth L. (1962) Typological and Comparative Grammar of Uto-Aztecan: I (Phonology) (Indiana University Publications in Anthropology and Linguistics; Memoir 17), Baltimore: Waverly Press, Inc., page 140: “(163) *ʔoₛŋa *salt*”