Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/keyiʔ

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

*keyiʔ

1. (intransitive) go out

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: kee
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kee
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: quéé
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: kee
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kee

References

• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “140) salir / go out / *keyiʔ”