Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/hula

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

Etymology

Only found in Northern Uto-Aztecan.

Noun

*hula

1. badger
2. bear

Descendants

*hula-ta (absolutive)

• Proto-Cupan:
  • Cahuilla: hunal (“badger”)
  • Cupeño: hunal (“badger”)
• Tübatulabal: ʔu·nal (“bear”)

*hula-wït (augmentative)

• Hopi: hoonawu (“bear”)

*hula-wït-ta (augmentative and absolutive)

• Proto-Cupan:
  • Cahuilla: hunwet (“bear”)
  • Cupeño: hunwet (“bear”)

Unsorted formations:

• Hopi: honani (“badger”)

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: “*hula ‘badger’”