Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/hu

This Proto-Uto-Aztecan entry contains reconstructed terms 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

*hu

1. arrow, projectile

Descendants

• Cahita:
  • Mayo: júꞌigua (“arrow; cartridge”) (first syllable)
• Northern Uto-Aztecan:
  • Hopi: hoohu (“bullet, arrow, projectile”) (first syllable)
• Pimic:
  • O'odham: ʼuʼu (“arrow point; bullet; cartridge”)
  • Tepehuan:
    • Northern Tepehuan: úúyi (“arrow; cartridge”) (first syllable)
    • Southeastern Tepehuan: uꞌuu (“arrow”)

References

• Manaster Ramer, Alexis (1993) “Blood, tears, and murder: the evidence for Proto-Uto-Aztecan syllable-final consonants”, in Marle, Jaap van, editor, Historical Linguistics 1991: Papers from the 10th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Amsterdam, 12-16 August 1991, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pages 199–209: “*hu ‘dart’ (later ‘arrow’)”
• Miller, Wick R. (1967) Uto-Aztecan Cognate Sets (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 48), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 17: “9 arrow *hu”
• 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 140: “(78) *hu arrow”