Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/kʷitla-

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

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kwittaC-ta.[1]

Noun

*kʷitla-tl

  1. excrement

Descendants

  • Classical Nahuatl: cuitlatl
  • Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: cuitlatl
  • Mecayapan Nahuatl: cuitaꞌ
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: cui̱tlatl

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “644a. *kwiNtaC > *kwittaC ‘defecate, v; feces, n’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 144
  • Campbell, Lyle; Langacker, Ronald W. (October 1978), “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, page 264 of 262–279: “(53) excrement *kʷitla-”
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