Reconstruction:Proto-Numic/mïʼa

This Proto-Numic 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-Numic

Alternative forms

  • *mïha

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mïcaC.

Noun

*mïʼa (Stubbs 2011)

  1. moon
  2. month

Alternative reconstructions

  • *məˀa(h), *məha(h) (Iannucci 1973)

Descendants

  • Southern Numic:
    • Kawaiisu: müa
    • Ute: müa
  • Central Numic:
    • Comanche: mʉa
    • Panamint: mög‘atsi
    • Shoshone: me'a, mea
  • Western Numic:
    • Mono (California): tadamɨ̱'a, tadawɨ̱'a
    • Northern Paiute: muha

References

  • Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1451. *mïcaC (perhaps < *mancaL) ‘moon’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, pages 250–1
  • Iannucci, David (1973), “102) *məˀa(h), *məha(h) […] 'moon/month'”, in Numic Historical Phonology (Thesis), Ithaca, New York: Cornell University, 73-16,085, page 108
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