Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kʷàʔá

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

*kʷàʔá

1. opposite-sex sibling

Coordinate terms

• *kùʔwì (“sister of a female”)
• *yénì (“brother of a male”)

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: ku̱ꞌva
• Chayuco Mixtec: cuhva
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kuꞌva
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cuhva
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cuāha
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: ki̱ꞌo
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kuaꞌa

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “52) *kʷàʔá / "cross-sex sibling"”