Reconstruction:Proto-Uto-Aztecan/kaliR

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

*kaliR

1. house

   Synonym: *ki

Descendants

• Tarahumaran:
  • Central Tarahumara: carí
• *kaliR-ta (absolutive)
  • Proto-Nahuan:
    • Classical Nahuatl: calli
    • Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: calli
    • Pipil: cal
  • Northern Uto-Aztecan:
    • Tübatulabal: hani·l

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: “*kaliR ‘house’”
• 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.: “(141) *kali house”