Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kasaʔ

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

*kasaʔ

1. husband of one's sister

Coordinate terms

• *xènú (“wife of one's brother”)

Descendants

• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kasa (“son-in-law; sister's husband”)
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: casá (“son-in-law”)
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cāsá (“sister's husband”)
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: ka̱dá (“son-in-law; sister's husband”)
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kasa (“sister's husband”)

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “96) *kasaʔ / "sibling's husband"”