Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/aya

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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

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Noun

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*aya

  1. tortoise, turtle
  2. rattle (instrument)

Descendants

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*aya (unmarked)
  • Hopi: aaya (gourd rattle)
  • Ute: aʔaja (turtle)
  • Kawaiisu: ʔaya (turtle)
  • Classical Nahuatl: āyacachtli (rattle)
  • Mayo: áyacame (rattlesnake)
*aya-ta (absolutive)
  • Cahuilla: 'ayill (tortoise)
  • Cupeño: ayily (tortoise; tortoiseshell rattle (when possessed))
*aya-wït (augmentative)
*aya-wït-ta (augmentative and absolutive)

References

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  • Miller, Wick R. (1967) Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 48), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 51:341 rattle *ʔay.