Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/hunapï

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

Noun

*hunapï (Stubbs 2011)

  1. badger
  2. bear

Usage notes

Only found in Northern Uto-Aztecan.

Alternative reconstructions

  • *hula (Manaster Ramer 1993)

Descendants

*hula-ta (absolutive)

  • Proto-Cupan:
    • Cahuilla: hunal (“badger”)
    • Cupeño: hunal (“badger”)
  • Tübatulabal: ʔu·nal (“bear”)

*hula-wït (augmentative)

*hula-wït-ta (augmentative and absolutive)

  • Proto-Cupan:

Unsorted formations:

  • Hopi: honani (“badger”)
  • Proto-Numic: *hïnan

References

  • Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “107. *hunapï > SUA *huLaC ‘badger’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 65
  • Manaster Ramer, Alexis (1993), “*hula ‘badger’”, in “Blood, tears, and murder: the evidence for Proto-Uto-Aztecan syllable-final consonants”, in Marle, Jaap van, editor, Historical Linguistics 1991: Papers from the 10th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Amsterdam, 12-16 August 1991, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 204 of 199–209
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