Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/yaalwa

This Proto-Nahuan 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-Nahuan

Adverb

*yaalwa

1. yesterday

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: yālhua
• Mecayapan Nahuatl: ya̱lhua
• Northern Puebla Nahuatl: yalua
• Pipil: yālua
• Tetelcingo Nahuatl: iyölhua

References

• Campbell, Lyle, Langacker, Ronald W. (1978 October) “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, pages 262–279: “(197) yesterday *yaalwa”