Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/yaalwa

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

Adverb

*yaalwa

  1. yesterday

Descendants

  • Classical Nahuatl: yālhua
  • Mecayapan Nahuatl: ya̱lhua
  • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: yalua
  • Pipil: yālua
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: iyölhua

References

  • Campbell, Lyle; Langacker, Ronald W. (October 1978), “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, page 269 of 262–279: “(197) yesterday *yaalwa”
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