Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/yę-yɨwɨʔ
Proto-Mixtec
editEtymology
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Noun
edit*yę-yɨwɨʔ
Descendants
edit- Chayuco Mixtec: ñiyɨvɨ
- San Juan Colorado Mixtec: nyɨvɨ, ñayɨvɨ
- San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: ñāyɨvɨ
- Teposcolula Mixtec: ñayevui
References
edit- Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, , pages 19–61: “109) *yę-yɨwɨʔ / "people"”
- Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “99) gente / people / *ye̱ yɨwɨʔ”