Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/sikuN

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

Alternative forms

  • *sikʷuL

Noun

*sikuN (Stubbs 2011)

  1. (anatomy) navel

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

*sikuN (unmarked)

  • Cahita:
    • Mayo: siicu
  • Proto-Nahuan: *šiik-tlɨ
    • Classical Nahuatl: xīctli
    • Mecayapan Nahuatl: xi̱ꞌti
    • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: iixic
  • Northern Uto-Aztecan:
    • Proto-Numic: *siku(n)
  • Pimic:
    • O'odham: hik
    • Tepehuan:
      • Northern Tepehuan: íkui
      • Southeastern Tepehuan: jik
  • Tarahumaran:
    • Central Tarahumara: sukí

References

  • Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1495. *sikuN / *sikʷuL ‘navel’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 257
  • Voegelin, C. F.; Voegelin, F. M.; Hale, Kenneth L. (1962), “(68) *siₛku navel”, in Typological and Comparative Grammar of Uto-Aztecan: I (Phonology) (Indiana University Publications in Anthropology and Linguistics; Memoir 17), Baltimore: Waverly Press, Inc., page 140
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