Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/sàʔyí

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

*sàʔyí

1. child

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: se̱ꞌe
• Chayuco Mixtec: zehe
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: saꞌya
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: sehe
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: sēhe
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: de̱ꞌe
• Yosondúa Mixtec: seꞌe

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “54) *sàʔyí / "child"”
• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “110) hijo / child / *saʔyi”