Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kàtìʔ

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

*kàtìʔ

1. cotton

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: kachí
• Chayuco Mixtec: catyi
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kachi
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: càtyì
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cachī
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: kachi̱
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kachi

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “64) *kàtìʔ / "cotton"”
• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “50) algodón / cotton / *katiʔ”