Reconstruction:Proto-Otomian/khwa

This Proto-Otomian 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-Otomian

Etymology

From Proto-Oto-Pamean *khoa, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *kʷa.

Noun

*khwa

rabbit

Descendants

Central Mazahua: cjuaꞌa
Otomi: *kʷha

References

Newman, Stanley; Weitlaner, Robert (April 1950), “Central Otomian II: Primitive Central Otomian reconstructions”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 16, issue 2, DOI:10.1086/464067, JSTOR 1262851, pages 73–81: “97. *khwa rabbit.”

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