Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/teʔyu
Proto-Mixtec
editEtymology
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Verb
edit*teʔyu
Adjective
edit*teʔyu
Descendants
edit- Alcozauca Mixtec: ta̱ꞌi̱ (“rot”)
- Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: teꞌyu (“rot”), teꞌyu (“rotten”)
- San Juan Colorado Mixtec: tyaahyú (“rot”)
- San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: tehyū (“rot”), téhyú (“rotten”)
- Tezoatlán Mixtec: teiꞌi̱ (“rot”), te̱i̱ꞌí (“rotten”)
- Yosondúa Mixtec: teꞌyu (“rot”)
References
edit- Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “58) podrido / rotten / *teʔyu”