< Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec
Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kaʔyu
Proto-Mixtec
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
*kaʔyu
- paint
Descendants
- Chayuco Mixtec: cahyu
- Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kaꞌyu
- San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cáhyɨ̀
- San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cahi
- Tezoatlán Mixtec: keꞌi
- Yosondúa Mixtec: kaꞌyu
- ⇒ Alcozauca Mixtec: ndikaꞌí
References
- Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “141) pintar / paint / *kaʔyu”