Nahuatl Hopi Cognates

Nahuatl and Hopi are sister languages classified as part of the Uto-Aztecan language family. They are not mutually intelligible despite historical accounts (fabrications). However, several cognates do exist and are possibly of interest.

Table of Nahuatl and Hopi cognates with reconstructed Proto-Uto-Aztecan roots

PUANahuatlHopi
Nouns
water*patapaca ‘to wash’
ātl ‘water’
paahu (springwater)
reed*pakataācatlpaaqavi
prickly pear cactus*napinopallinávƗ
pine tree*wokonocotllöqö
fruit*takaxocotltoko(‘at)
root*nanelhuayotlngahu
eagle*kwa(c)acuauhtlikwaahu
rabbit*tapu/*tacitochtlitaavo
wildcat*musamitzli (mountain lion)moosa (domestic cat)
coyote*kwawcoyotlkwew
butterfly*palo/*papalopapalotlpoli
bird*cutuutototlco:ro ‘bluebird’
tootsa ‘hummingbird’ [?]
owl*tuku(ri) tecolotlkoko ‘burrowing owl’ [?]
tokori ‘screech owl’
bird (small)*wicihuitzilin ‘hummingbird’
cuicuitzcatl ‘swallow’
ciro ‘snowbird’
turtle*ayV ayotlaaya ‘rattle’
sun*tapi ‘sun, day’tonataawa
day*tapi ‘sun, day’tonalitaala, taawa
moon*miya/*micametzlimuuyaw
star*su?ucitlalinsoohi
hill*tutepectuukwi (mesa)
road*pootlipohi
grinding stone*mataRmetlatlmata
house*kanicalliqeni ‘place; room’
planting stick*wikahuictliwihkya
ear*nakanacaztlinaqvu
nose*yaka [PSUA]yacatlyaqa(‘at)
hand*mamaitlmaa(‘at)
tooth*tanmitlantlitama
Verbs
to enter*pakiaqui, calaquipáki
to give*makaamacamaqamamqa ‘offering’
to take*kwisiC ‘to carry/take’cuikwisi
to drink*hi/*hikuihiko
to bend*ŋola ‘go/turn back, bend, turn‘noloangolo ‘become bent’
ponilti ‘change direction’
to walk*nïmi ‘walk around, live’nehneme waynuma ‘walking around’
to split*tapa ‘to split; to break’tlapani ‘to split’
tlapoa ‘to open’
tuku ‘to cut’
to sew*coma ‘to sew’(ih)tzoma soma ‘to tie’
to throw*taha/*teha ‘put away’tlatlazatuuva
to know*maci ‘to know; to emerge’matimamaatsi ‘deduce; identify’ [?]
to breathe*kiikwisiihiotiaihiyoquizahìikwista
to be cold*icucehua (to be cold as in weather)
itztic ‘something cold’
iyo-ho?o
Adjectives
heavy*pitieticpíti
long*wïl-pa’a ‘tall, long’weyakwuupa
big*wihueywiko
warm*yu’miyemanki ‘warm water’muki
dry*wakiwakiláki
[negative]*kaah-, ahmo-qa-