Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/hula

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.

Only found in Northern Uto-Aztecan.

*hula

1. badger
2. bear

*hula-ta (absolutive)

• Proto-Cupan:
  • Cahuilla: hunal (“badger”)
  • Cupeño: hunal (“badger”)
• Tübatulabal: ʔu·nal (“bear”)

*hula-wït (augmentative)

• Hopi: hoonawu (“bear”)

*hula-wït-ta (augmentative and absolutive)

• Proto-Cupan:
  • Cahuilla: hunwet (“bear”)
  • Cupeño: hunwet (“bear”)

Unsorted formations:

• Hopi: honani (“badger”)

• Manaster Ramer, Alexis (1993) “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, pages 199–209: “*hula ‘badger’”