Reconstruction:Proto-Numic/paa

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

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

*paa (prefix form *pa-) (Stubbs 2011, Iannucci 1973)

  1. water

Descendants

  • Southern Numic:
    • Kawaiisu: poˀo
    • Ute: paa
  • Central Numic:
  • Western Numic:
    • Mono (California): paja
    • Northern Paiute: paa

References

  • Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “2497. *paC / *paʼwi 'water'”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, pages 379–80
  • Iannucci, David (1973), “127) *paa, *pa- (pref.) […] 'water'”, in Numic Historical Phonology (Thesis), Ithaca, New York: Cornell University, 73-16,085, page 110
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