Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/sáʔwą́ʔ

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

*sáʔwą́ʔ

1. clothes
2. cloth

Descendants

• Chayuco Mixtec: zahma
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: saꞌma
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: jahma
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: sahma
• Teposcolula Mixtec: dzama
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: dáꞌo̱n
• Yosondúa Mixtec: saꞌma

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “6) *sáʔwą́ʔ / "clothes"”