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Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/mala

This Proto-Uto-Aztecan 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-Uto-Aztecan

Noun

*mala

  1. daughter (clarification of this definition is needed)

Descendants

  • Cahita:
  • Mayo: maala (daughter (of a man))
  • Northern Uto-Aztecan:
  • Hopi: maana (girl; daughter)
  • Pimic:
  • O'odham: maḍ (child, term used by the mother)
  • Tepehuan:
  • Northern Tepehuan: márai (child)
  • Southeastern Tepehuan: mar (child)
  • Tarahumaran:
  • Central Tarahumara: mará (daughter (of a man))

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 25: “86 child *mal, *ma”
  • Voegelin, C. F.; Voegelin, F. M.; Hale, Kenneth L. (1962) Typological and Comparative Grammar of Uto-Aztecan: I (Phonology) (Indiana University Publications in Anthropology and Linguistics; Memoir 17), Baltimore: Waverly Press, Inc., page 141: “(84) *mala child—with female reference, i.e., child of woman, man’s daughter, girl
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