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Reconstruction:Proto-Otomian/cibi

This Proto-Otomian 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-Otomian

Etymology

From Proto-Oto-Pamean *ci-p (“lime”).

Noun

*cibi

fire

Descendants

Proto-Otomi: *cibi
- Mezquital Otomi: tsibi

References

Newman, Stanley, Weitlaner, Robert (1950 April) “Central Otomian II: Primitive Central Otomian reconstructions”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 16, number 2, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 73–81: “40. *cibi fire.”

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