Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/pinaawa
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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
[edit]Verb
[edit]*pinaawa
- (intransitive) be ashamed
Descendants
[edit]- Classical Nahuatl: pīnāhua
- Guerrero Nahuatl: pinawa
- Highland Puebla Nahuatl: pina̱hua
- Mecayapan Nahuatl: pi̱na̱hua, pi̱ná̱
- Michoacán Nahuatl: pinahua
- Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pinöhua
- Tlamacazapa Nahuatl: pinawa
- ⇒ Northern Puebla Nahuatl: pinahui
References
[edit]- 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: “(4) ashamed *pinaawa”