Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/tïni

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

*tïni

1. mouth

Descendants

• Cahita:
  • Mayo: teeni
  • Yaqui: teéni
• Corachol:
  • Huichol: téni
• Proto-Nahuan: *teentli
  • Classical Nahuatl: tēntli (“lip; edge”)
  • Highland Puebla Nahuatl: ite̱n (“mouth”)
  • Mecayapan Nahuatl: te̱nti (“mouth; edge”)
• Pimic:
  • Northern Tepehuan: tɨ́ñi
  • Southeastern Tepehuan: chiñ
• Tarahumaran:
  • Central Tarahumara: riní

References

• Miller, Wick R. (1967) Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 48), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 47: “293 mouth *teni.”
• Voegelin, C. F., Voegelin, F. M., Hale, Kenneth L. (1962) Typological and Comparative Grammar of Uto-Aztecan: I (Phonology) (Indiana University Publications in Anthropology and Linguistics; Memoir 17), Baltimore: Waverly Press, Inc.: “(19) *tɨᵤni mouth”