Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/ⁿdìxę̀ʔ

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

*ⁿdìxę̀ʔ

1. sandal

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: ndu̱xán
• Chayuco Mixtec: ndisa
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: ndijan, ndija
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: ndìtsàn, nyìtsàn
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: ndijān
• Sinicahua Mixtec: ndijan
• Teposcolula Mixtec: disa
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: ndisa̱
• Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec: nti̱xán
• Yosondúa Mixtec: ndijña

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “66) *ⁿdìxę̀ʔ / "sandal"”
• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “125) huarache / sandal / *ⁿdixe̱ʔ”