Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/awą
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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 edit
Etymology edit
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Adverb edit
*awą
- (interrogative) when
Descendants edit
- Alcozauca Mixtec: maa, ama
- Chayuco Mixtec: ama
- Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: ama
- San Juan Colorado Mixtec: ámá, jámá
- ⇒ Yosondúa Mixtec: nama
References edit
- Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “155) cuándo / when / *awa̱”