Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/naawi

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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

Numeral

*naawi

  1. four

Descendants

  • Classical Nahuatl: nāhui
  • Highland Puebla Nahuatl: na̱hui
  • Mecayapan Nahuatl: na̱hui
  • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: nahue
  • Pipil: nāwi
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: nöbi̱

References

  • 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: “(68) four *naawɨ”
  • 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
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