Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/kiC

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

*kiC (Stubbs 2011)

house, dwelling
Synonyms: *can, *kaLi, *kanni, *nopiC, *pïCtï
(by extension, in compounds) cave
Synonyms: *tïm-kani, *tïm-ki, *tïN-po-ki

Reconstruction notes

Stubbs (2011) reconstructed final *-C based on several branches, notably Takic (*kica). The Cora form shows regular palatalisation of initial *k > č before *i.

Alternative reconstructions

*ki (Miller 1967, Voegelin 1962)

Derived terms

*ki-tu, *ki-ta (“to build a house”)
*paʼaki (“house”)
*tïm-ki, *tïN-po-ki (“cave”, literally “rock-(in-)house”)

Related terms

*kowa (“to build a house”)
*pïC- (“to go home”)

Descendants

*kiC (unmarked)

Northern Uto-Aztecan:
- Hopi: kiihu (“house”)
- Takic:
  - Cahuilla: kish (“house”)
Southern Uto-Aztecan:
- Cahita:
  - Mayo: quibaque (“to enter”) (first syllable)
- Corachol:
  - Cora: chí'i (“house”)
  - Huichol: quíi (“house”)
- Pimic:
  - Tepehuan:
    - Northern Tepehuan: kií (“house”)
    - Southeastern Tepehuan: kiicham (“house”) (first syllable)

References

Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1214a. *kiC ‘house’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎^[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 218
Miller, Wick R. (1967), “240. *ki house”, in Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 48), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page ?
Voegelin, C. F.; Voegelin, F. M.; Hale, Kenneth L. (1962), “(44) *ki house”, in Typological and Comparative Grammar of Uto-Aztecan: I (Phonology) (Indiana University Publications in Anthropology and Linguistics; Memoir 17), Baltimore: Waverly Press, Inc., page ?