Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/ahsi

This Proto-Nahuan 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-Nahuan

Verb

*ahsi

  1. (intransitive) to arrive
  2. (transitive) to find

Descendants

  • Classical Nahuatl: ahci
  • Guerrero Nahuatl: ajsi
  • Highland Puebla Nahuatl: ajsi
  • Mecayapan Nahuatl: asi
  • Michoacán Nahuatl: ajsi
  • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: ahsi
  • Pipil: ajsi
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: asi̱
  • Tlamacazapa Nahuatl: ajsi

References

  • Campbell, Lyle; Langacker, Ronald W. (October 1978), “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, page 262 of 262–279: “(3) arive, find *ahsi”
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