Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/ona

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

*ona

salt

Descendants

Cahita:
- Mayo: oona
- Yaqui: oóna
Corachol:
- Huichol: ꞌúna
Northern Uto-Aztecan:
- Hopi: öönga
Pimic:
- O'odham: ʼon
- Tepehuan:
  - Northern Tepehuan: ónai
  - Southeastern Tepehuan: on
Tarahumaran:
- Central Tarahumara: coná

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 53: “359 salt *ʔona.”
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., page 140: “(163) *ʔoₛŋa *salt*”

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