Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/katïC

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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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*katïC

  1. sit (singular subject)
  2. reside, live somewhere

Usage notes

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The plural form of this verb is suppletive in many languages.

Descendants

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  • Cahita:
    • Mayo: cátte-c (be sitting)
  • Proto-Nahuan:
    • Classical Nahuatl: cah (be)
  • Northern Uto-Aztecan:
    • Hopi: qatu (be sitting; reside, plural yeese)
  • Pimic:
    • O'odham: ka꞉c (be lying down; live somewhere, plural ve꞉c (first meaning), ceveḍ (second meaning))
    • Tepehuan:
      • Northern Tepehuan: kaátɨ (be lying down, plural vɨɨ́tɨ)
      • Southeastern Tepehuan: kaat (be lying down (inanimate), plural bɨɨt)

References

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  • Manaster Ramer, Alexis (1993) “Blood, tears, and murder: the evidence for Proto-Uto-Aztecan syllable-final consonants”, in Marle, Jaap van, editor, Historical Linguistics 1991: Papers from the 10th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Amsterdam, 12-16 August 1991, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pages 199–209:*katïC ‘to sit’
  • Miller, Wick R. (1967) Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 48), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 33:381a sit down (sg.) *kate.; 381b *ka.
  • 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 139:(42) *kaₛtɨC to sit