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Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/mala
Proto-Uto-Aztecan
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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