Oral ~ Nasal Correspondences

[Koontz John E]

On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, RLR wrote:
> The bear word however appears to be a borrowing from Uto-Aztecan, where
> similar forms are found throughout that family. ...

'bean' also looks like a loan from UA

Another set that is strikingly similar is 'blue (~ green)', though I
suppose it could be a coincidence.  We are dealing with monosyllables and
disyllables of fairly simple form.

JEK