Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/punsi

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 edit

Noun edit

*punsi^[1]

eye

Descendants edit

*punsi (unmarked)
- Northern Uto-Aztecan:
  - Hopi: poosi
- Pimic:
  - O'odham: vuhi
  - Tepehuan:
    - Northern Tepehuan: vúji
    - Southeastern Tepehuan: bui
- Tarahumaran:
  - Central Tarahumara: busí
*punsi-ta (absolutive)
- Proto-Nahuan:
  - Classical Nahuatl: īxtli
- Northern Uto-Aztecan:
  - Cahuilla: puchill
  - Tübatulabal: punz̨il

References edit

^ 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, page 205

[1] 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, page 205

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