Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/xènú

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

*xènú

1. wife of one's brother

Coordinate terms

• *kasaʔ (“husband of one's sister”)

Descendants

• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: janu
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: tsànù
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: jānu
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: sa̱no
• Yosondúa Mixtec: janu

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “55) *xènú / "sibling's wife"”