Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/yénì

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

*yénì

brother of a male

Coordinate terms

*kùʔwì (“sister of a female”)
*kʷàʔá (“opposite-sex sibling”)

Descendants

Alcozauca Mixtec: ñani, yani
Chayuco Mixtec: yañi
Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: ñani
San Juan Colorado Mixtec: yáñi
San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: ñanī
Tezoatlán Mixtec: ñani
Yosondúa Mixtec: ñani

References

Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “40) *yénì / "man's brother"”
Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “25) hermano / brother / *yeni”

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