Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/ùwì

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Numeral

*ùwì

1. two

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: u̱vi̱
• Chayuco Mixtec: uu
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: uu
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: ùvì
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: uū
• Teposcolula Mixtec: vvui
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: uu̱
• Yosondúa Mixtec: uu

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “89) *ùwì / "two"”
• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “138) dos / two / *uwi”