Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kaʔⁿdɨ

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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Verb

*kaʔⁿdɨ

1. (intransitive) thunder
2. (intransitive) explode

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: ka̱ꞌndi̱
• Chayuco Mixtec: cahndi
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kaꞌndi
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: caahndɨ́
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cahndɨ̄
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: kaꞌandi
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kaꞌndɨ

References

• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “145) truena / it thunders / *kaʔⁿdɨ”