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Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/paka

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

*paka[1]

  1. reed

Descendants
*paka
  • Cahita:
  • Mayo: baaca
  • Corachol:
  • Northern Uto-Aztecan:
  • Hopi: paaqavi
  • Tarahumaran:
  • Central Tarahumara: baká
*paka-ta (absolutive)
  • Proto-Nahuan: *aakatl
    • Classical Nahuatl: ācatl
    • Highland Puebla Nahuatl: a̱cat
    • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: acatl
    • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: öcatl
    • ⇒ Mecayapan Nahuatl: a̱ca
  • Northern Uto-Aztecan:
  • Proto-Cupan:
*pa~paka (reduplicated)
  • Pimic:
  • O'odham: vapk
  • Tepehuan:
  • Northern Tepehuan: vaapákai
  • Southeastern Tepehuan: baapak

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 204
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