Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kini

This Proto-Mixtec entry contains reconstructed words 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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Adjective

*kini

bad

Descendants

Alcozauca Mixtec: kini
Chayuco Mixtec: quiñi
Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kini
San Juan Colorado Mixtec: quiñi
San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: quini
Tezoatlán Mixtec: kini

References

Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “70) feo / ugly / *kini”