Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/sítò

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

*sítò

1. uncle

Coordinate terms

• *sísì (“aunt”)

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: xìtò
• Chayuco Mixtec: xito
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: xito
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: ìxtò, xìtò
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: stoō
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: dito
• Yosondúa Mixtec: xito

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “34) *sítò / "uncle"”