Reconstruction:Proto-Otomi/nąni
Proto-Otomi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Otomian [Term?], from Proto-Oto-Pamean *nõa-n or *nõ-nʔ (“burn”).
Noun edit
*nąni
- lime (calcium oxide)
Descendants edit
- Mezquital Otomi: näni
References edit
- Bartholomew, Doris (1960 October) “Some revisions of Proto-Otomi consonants”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 26, number 4, , →JSTOR, pages 317–329: “7. *n(V̨) *nąni lime”