Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kʷixį

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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Adjective

*kʷixį

1. white

Descendants

• Chayuco Mixtec: cuisi
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cuitsín
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cuíjín
• Teposcolula Mixtec: cuisi
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kuijin

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “99) *kʷixį / "white"”