< Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec
Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kùʔwì
Proto-Mixtec
Etymology
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Noun
*kùʔwì
- sister of a female
Coordinate terms
- *yénì (“brother of a male”)
- *kʷàʔá (“opposite-sex sibling”)
Descendants
- Alcozauca Mixtec: ku̱ꞌvi̱
- Chayuco Mixtec: cuhu
- Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kuꞌu
- San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cùhvì
- San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cuhū
- Tezoatlán Mixtec: kuꞌu̱
- Yosondúa Mixtec: kuꞌu
References
- Dürr, Michael (1987), “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, DOI:, pages 19–61: “78) *kùʔwì / "woman’s sister"”