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Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/mataR

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

*mataR[1]

  1. metate (grinding stone)

Descendants
  • *mataR (unmarked)
    • Cahita:
      • Mayo: matta
    • Corachol:
      • Cora: muaatá
      • Huichol: matá
    • Northern Uto-Aztecan:
    • Pimic:
      • O'odham: maccuḍ (first syllable)
      • Tepehuan:
        • Northern Tepehuan: máúturai (first syllable)
        • Southeastern Tepehuan: mattur (first syllable)
    • Tarahumaran:
      • Central Tarahumara: matá
  • *mataR-ta (absolutive)
    • Proto-Nahuan: *metlatl
      • Classical Nahuatl: metlatl
      • Highland Puebla Nahuatl: metat
      • Mecayapan Nahuatl: metaꞌ
      • Morelos Nahuatl: metlatl
      • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: metlatl
      • Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: mitlatl
      • → Spanish: metate (from some Nahuan language)
    • Northern Uto-Aztecan:

References
  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 203
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