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Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kʷaą
Proto-Mixtec
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
*kʷaą
- yellow
Descendants
- Alcozauca Mixtec: kuáan
- Chayuco Mixtec: cuaan
- Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kuaan
- San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cuáán
- Tezoatlán Mixtec: kuaán
- Yosondúa Mixtec: kuaan
References
- Dürr, Michael (1987), “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, DOI:, pages 19–61: “103) *kʷaą / "yellow"”
- Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “78) amarillo / yellow/ *kʷaa̱”