Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/tïni

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

*tïni

  1. mouth

Descendants

  • Cahita:
    • Mayo: teeni
    • Yaqui: teéni
  • Corachol:
  • Proto-Nahuan: *teentli
    • Classical Nahuatl: tēntli (“lip; edge”)
    • Highland Puebla Nahuatl: ite̱n (“mouth”)
    • Mecayapan Nahuatl: te̱nti (“mouth; edge”)
  • Pimic:
  • Tarahumaran:
    • Central Tarahumara: riní

References

  • Miller, Wick R. (1967) Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 48), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 47: “293 mouth *teni.”
  • 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.: “(19) *tɨᵤni mouth”
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