Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/wítį́

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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Adverb

*wítį́

1. now

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: vitin
• Chayuco Mixtec: vityi
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: vitna
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: vityin
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: vitan
• Teposcolula Mixtec: huitna
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: viti
• Yosondúa Mixtec: vijna

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “27) *wítį́ / "now"”
• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “134) ahora / now / *witi̱”