Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/naawɨ

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 *na-wakay (“four”, literally “two twos”).[1]

Numeral

*naawɨ

  1. four

Descendants

  • Classical Nahuatl: nāhui
  • Highland Puebla Nahuatl: na̱hui
  • Mecayapan Nahuatl: na̱hui
  • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: nahue
  • Pipil: nāwi
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: nöbi̱

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “2626. *na-wakay ‘four (2 x 2, two two’s)”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 400
  • Dakin, Karen (April 1983), “Proto-Aztecan Vowels and Pochutec: An Alternative Analysis”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 49, number 2, pages 169–203
  • 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: “(68) four *naawɨ”
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