Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/maakʷil-

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

Numeral

*maakʷil-lɨ

  1. five

Descendants

  • Classical Nahuatl: mācuīlli
  • Pipil: mākwil

References

  • 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:(62) five *maakʷil-