Reconstruction:Proto-Otomi/nąni
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This Proto-Otomi 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-Otomi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Otomian [Term?], from Proto-Oto-Pamean *nõa-n or *nõ-nʔ (“burn”).
Noun[edit]
*nąni
- lime (calcium oxide)
Descendants[edit]
- Mezquital Otomi: näni
References[edit]
- Bartholomew, Doris (1960 October) “Some revisions of Proto-Otomi consonants”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 26, number 4, , →JSTOR, pages 317–329: “7. *n(V̨) *nąni lime”