Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/ki

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

Noun

*ki

1. house

Synonyms

• *kaliR

Descendants

• Cahita:
  • Mayo: quibaque (“to enter”) (first syllable)
• Corachol:
  • Cora: chí'i
  • Huichol: quíi
• Northern Uto-Aztecan:
  • Hopi: kiihu
  • Cahuilla: kish
• Pimic:
  • Tepehuan:
    • Northern Tepehuan: kií
    • Southeastern Tepehuan: kiicham (first syllable)

References

• 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.: “(44) *ki house”