Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/tïn

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

*tïn

1. rock, stone

Descendants

• *tïn-ta (absolutive)
  • Cahita:
    • Mayo: tetta
    • Yaqui: téta
  • Proto-Nahuan: *tetl
    • Classical Nahuatl: tetl
    • Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: tetl
    • Mecayapan Nahuatl: teꞌ
      • ⇒ Mecayapan Nahuatl: teꞌti
  • Northern Uto-Aztecan:
    • Tübatulabal: tɨnt

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: “*tïn ‘rock’”
• Miller, Wick R. (1967) Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 48), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, pages 52–53: “354a rock *tem.; 354b *te.”