Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/takaC

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

*takaC (Stubbs 2011)

  1. man (adult male)

Alternative reconstructions

  • *taka (Manaster Ramer 1993)

Descendants

*takaC (unmarked)

  • Hopi: taaqa
  • Proto-Nahuan: *tlaaka-tl
  • Proto-Numic: *taŋwa
  • Proto-Takic: *taka
    • ⇒ Cahuilla: taxliswet (first syllable)
    • → English: Takic (coined based on this reconstruction)

References

  • Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1414. *takaC / *takaN ‘man, person, body’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 244
  • Manaster Ramer, Alexis (1993), “*taka ‘man’”, 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 204 of 199–209
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