Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/wàʔá
Proto-Mixtec
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
edit*wàʔá
Descendants
edit- Alcozauca Mixtec: va̱ꞌa
- Chayuco Mixtec: vaha
- Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: vaꞌa
- San Juan Colorado Mixtec: vaha
- San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: vāha
- Tezoatlán Mixtec: va̱ꞌa
- Yosondúa Mixtec: vaꞌa
References
edit- Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, , pages 19–61: “6) *wàʔá / "good"”
- Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “112) bueno / good / *waʔa”