Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/yuʔų

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

*yuʔų

1. fire

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: ñu̱ꞌu̱
• Chayuco Mixtec: ñūhù
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: ñuꞌu
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: ñúhù
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: ñuhūn
• Teposcolula Mixtec: ñuhu
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: ñóꞌo̱
• Yosondúa Mixtec: ñuꞌun

References

• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “105) lumbre / fire / *yuʔu̱”