Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/suLa

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

*suLa (Stubbs 2011)

  1. (anatomy) heart

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

*suLa (unmarked)

  • Cahita:
    • Mayo: suula
  • Northern Uto-Aztecan:
    • Hopi: soona (edible part of a seed)
    • Proto-Numic: *su(h)-
  • Pimic: *hura
    • O'odham: huḍ
    • Tepehuan:
      • Northern Tepehuan: úrai
      • Southeastern Tepehuan: jur
  • Tarahumaran:
    • Central Tarahumara: sulá

References

  • Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1165. *suna > SUA *suLa ‘heart, inner part, seed’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 210
  • Miller, Wick R. (1967), “222a heart *sula.”, in Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 48), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 40