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Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kasaʔ
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Proto-Mixtec
Etymology
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Noun
*kasaʔ
- husband of one's sister
Coordinate terms
- *xènú (“wife of one's brother”)
Descendants
- Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kasa (“son-in-law; sister's husband”)
- San Juan Colorado Mixtec: casá (“son-in-law”)
- San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cāsá (“sister's husband”)
- Tezoatlán Mixtec: ka̱dá (“son-in-law; sister's husband”)
- Yosondúa Mixtec: kasa (“sister's husband”)
References
- Dürr, Michael (1987), “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, DOI:, pages 19–61: “96) *kasaʔ / "sibling's husband"”