Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/metlatl
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This Proto-Nahuan 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-Nahuan
Etymology
From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mataR-ta.
Noun
*metlatl
- metate (grinding stone)
Descendants
- Classical Nahuatl: metlatl
- Highland Puebla Nahuatl: metat
- Mecayapan Nahuatl: metaꞌ
- Morelos Nahuatl: metlatl
- Tetelcingo Nahuatl: metlatl
- Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: mitlatl
- → Spanish: metate (from some Nahuan language)
- → English: metate
References
- Dakin, Karen (1983 April) “Proto-Aztecan Vowels and Pochutec: An Alternative Analysis”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 49, number 2, pages 169–203
- Campbell, Lyle, Langacker, Ronald W. (1978 October) “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, pages 262–279: “(76) grinding stone *mətla-”