Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/nakka

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

*nakka (Stubbs 2011)

  1. (anatomy) ear

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

*nakka (unmarked)

  • Cahita:
    • Mayo: náccam
  • Corachol:
    • Huichol: nacá
  • Proto-Nahuan: *nakas-tlɨ (“ear”)
  • Northern Uto-Aztecan:
    • Cahuilla: náqal
    • Hopi: naaqa (“earring”)
    • Proto-Numic: *naŋka
    • Tübatulabal: naŋhal
  • Pimic: *naaka
    • O'odham: na꞉k
    • Tepehuan:
      • Northern Tepehuan: naákai
      • Southeastern Tepehuan: naak
  • Tarahumaran:
    • Central Tarahumara: nacá

References

  • Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “752a. *nakka / *naNkapa (< *na(N)kasapa ?) ‘ear’; 752b. *na(N/k)ka 'hear, v’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 157
  • Manaster Ramer, Alexis (1993), “*nanka ‘ear’”, 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 205 of 199–209
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