Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/nùùʔ

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

*nùùʔ

1. face

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: nu̱ú
• Chayuco Mixtec: nuu
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: nuu
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: nùù
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: nuū
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: noo̱
• Yosondúa Mixtec: nuu

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “72) *nùùʔ / "face"”