Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kùʔwì

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

*kùʔwì

1. sister of a female

Coordinate terms

• *yénì (“brother of a male”)
• *kʷàʔá (“opposite-sex sibling”)

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: ku̱ꞌvi̱
• Chayuco Mixtec: cuhu
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kuꞌu
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cùhvì
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cuhū
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: kuꞌu̱
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kuꞌu

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “78) *kùʔwì / "woman’s sister"”