Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/ta

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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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*ta

  1. sun
  2. day

Descendants

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  • *ta (unmarked)
    • Cahita:
      • Mayo: taaꞌa (sun)
      • Yaqui: taáʼa (sun)
  • *ta-ta (absolutive)
    • Northern Uto-Aztecan:
      • Tübatulabal: ta·l (day; sun)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Central Tarahumara: rahué (day)
    • Classical Nahuatl: ilhuitl (day)
    • Hopi: taala (light; day)
    • Hopi: taavi (sunlight)
    • Hopi: taawa (sun; day)
    • Northern Tepehuan: tásai (sun)
    • O'odham: taṣ (sun; day)

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:*ta ‘sun’
  • Miller, Wick R. (1967) Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 48), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 59:423a sun *ta