Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kʷeye

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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Adverb

*kʷeye

slowly

Descendants

Alcozauca Mixtec: kuee
Chayuco Mixtec: cuee
Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kuee
San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cueé
San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cuéé
Tezoatlán Mixtec: kueé
Yosondúa Mixtec: kuee

References

Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “163) despacio / slow / *kʷeye”