Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/yɨ́kɨ́ʔ

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

*yɨ́kɨ́ʔ

1. bone

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: leke
• Chayuco Mixtec: yɨquɨ
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: yiki
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: yɨquɨ
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: yɨquɨ
• Teposcolula Mixtec: yeque
• Yosondúa Mixtec: yɨkɨ

References

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