Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/tïpuC

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Proto-Uto-Aztecan

Etymology

Only found in Southern Uto-Aztecan.

Noun

*tïpuC

  1. flea

Descendants

*tïpuC (unmarked)
  • Corachol:
  • Cora: tepʌ́
  • Huichol: tepḯ
  • ⇒ Classical Nahuatl: tepitzin (“small thing”)
  • ⇒ Classical Nahuatl: tepitōn (“small thing”)
*tï~tïpuC-mï (reduplicated plural)
  • Proto-Nahuan:
*tïpuC-ci (diminutive)
  • Tepehuan:
  • Tarahumara:

References

  • Miller, Wick R. (1967) Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 48), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 35: “175 flea *tepu, *tepuci.”
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