Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/teentli

This Proto-Nahuan 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-Nahuan

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïni-ta, *tïni.

Noun

*teentli

1. mouth
2. edge, rim

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: tēntli (“lip; edge”)
• Highland Puebla Nahuatl: ite̱n (“mouth”)
• Mecayapan Nahuatl: te̱nti (“mouth; edge”)

References

• Campbell, Lyle, Langacker, Ronald W. (1978 October) “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, pages 262–279: “(111) mouth *teen-”