Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/ay

This Proto-Uto-Aztecan 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-Uto-Aztecan

Alternative forms

  • (turtle): *ʔay

Noun

*ay (Miller 1967)

  1. alternative reconstruction of *ayaC (“rattle”)

Usage notes

The sense “tortoise, turtle” was reconstructed as *ʔay, with an initial glottal stop.

References

  • Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “2422. *ayaC / *ayoC 'turtle'”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 371
  • Miller, Wick R. (1967), “341 rattle *ay.; 445 turtle *ʔay.”, in Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 48), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 51, ?
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