Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/tïpuC

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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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Etymology

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Only found in Southern Uto-Aztecan.

Noun

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*tïpuC

  1. flea

Descendants

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*tïpuC (unmarked)
  • Corachol:
  • Cora: tepʌ́
  • Huichol: tepḯ
  • Classical Nahuatl: tepitzin (small thing)
  • Classical Nahuatl: tepitōn (small thing)
*tï~tïpuC-mï (reduplicated plural)
  • Proto-Nahuan:
*tïpuC-ci (diminutive)
  • Tepehuan:
  • Tarahumara:

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 35:175 flea *tepu, *tepuci.