Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kʷeyųʔ

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

*kʷeyųʔ

1. squirrel

Descendants

• Chayuco Mixtec: cuaño
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kueñu, kueñi
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cuañu
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cuáñu
• Sinicahua Mixtec: kuañu
• Teposcolula Mixtec: quaño
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kuañu
• ⇒ Alcozauca Mixtec: ndikuáñú
• ⇒ Ayutla Mixtec: ndi̱kwa̱i̱n
• ⇒ Tezoatlán Mixtec: ndikuéín
• ⇒ Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec: ntikuáñu
• → San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: tyocüañon
• → Spanish: cuaño
• → Tataltepec Chatino: cuañu̱, cuayu̱

References

• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “185) ardilla / squirrel / *kʷeyu̱ʔ”