Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/pusi

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

*pusi (Stubbs 2011)

  1. (anatomy) eye

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

*pusi (unmarked)

  • Northern Uto-Aztecan:
    • Hopi: poosi
    • Proto-Numic: *puʼi(h)
  • Pimic:
    • O'odham: vuhi
    • Tepehuan:
      • Northern Tepehuan: vúji
      • Southeastern Tepehuan: bui
  • Tarahumaran:
    • Central Tarahumara: busí

*pusi-ta (absolutive)

References

  • Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “824. *pusi ‘eye’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 167
  • Manaster Ramer, Alexis (1993), “*punsi ‘eye’”, 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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