Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/paʼti

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

Etymology

From *pa (“older brother”) +‎ *-ci (diminutive suffix).

Noun

*paʼti (Stubbs 2011)

  1. older brother

Alternative reconstructions

  • *paʔ-ci (Manaster Ramer 1993)

Descendants

  • Corachol:
    • Cora: nejaatzi'i
  • Proto-Nahuan: *aač-tlɨ
  • Northern Uto-Aztecan
    • Proto-Numic: *paci(ʼi)

References

  • Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “305. *paʼti / *paCtiʼi / *pa-ci (AMR) ‘older sibling’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 97
  • Manaster Ramer, Alexis (1993), “*paʔ-ci ‘older brother’”, 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 202 of 199–209
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