Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kùʔwì

This Proto-Mixtec 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-Mixtec

Etymology

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Noun

*kùʔwì

sister of a female

Coordinate terms

*yénì (“brother of a male”)
*kʷàʔá (“opposite-sex sibling”)

Descendants

Alcozauca Mixtec: ku̱ꞌvi̱
Chayuco Mixtec: cuhu
Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kuꞌu
San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cùhvì
San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cuhū
Tezoatlán Mixtec: kuꞌu̱
Yosondúa Mixtec: kuꞌu

References

Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “78) *kùʔwì / "woman’s sister"”

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