Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/si-yuʔųʔ

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

*si-yuʔųʔ

1. precious metal

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: xùꞌún
• Chayuco Mixtec: xuhun
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: xuꞌun
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: xùhùn
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: xūhún
• Teposcolula Mixtec: dziñuhu
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: di̱ꞌón
• Alcozauca Mixtec: xuꞌun

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “106) *si-yuʔųʔ / "precious metal"”