Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kʷàʔá

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

*kʷàʔá

opposite-sex sibling

Coordinate terms

*kùʔwì (“sister of a female”)
*yénì (“brother of a male”)

Descendants

Alcozauca Mixtec: ku̱ꞌva
Chayuco Mixtec: cuhva
Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kuꞌva
San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cuhva
San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cuāha
Tezoatlán Mixtec: ki̱ꞌo
Yosondúa Mixtec: kuaꞌa

References

Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “52) *kʷàʔá / "cross-sex sibling"”

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