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Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/siku

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

*siku

  1. navel

Descendants
  • Cahita:
    • Mayo: siicu
  • Proto-Nahuan:
    • Classical Nahuatl: xīctli
    • Mecayapan Nahuatl: xi̱ꞌti
    • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: iixic
  • Pimic:
    • O'odham: hik, hig
    • Tepehuan:
      • Northern Tepehuan: íkui
      • Southeastern Tepehuan: jik
  • Tarahumaran:
    • Central Tarahumara: sukí

References
  • 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: “(68) *siₛku navel”
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