Reconstruction:Proto-Numic/nɨmɨ

This Proto-Numic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Numic

Noun

*nɨmɨ

person

Descendants

Comanche: nʉmʉ (“person, people”) IPA^(key): [ˈnɨmɨ]
possibly Northern Paiute: nana (“man”)

English: Numic (coined based on this reconstruction)

References

Lyle Campbell, American Indian Languages →ISBN, 1997)

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