Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kʷáą́

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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Verb

*kʷáą́

buy

Descendants

Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kuaan
San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cuaan
Tezoatlán Mixtec: kuiin, kueen
Yosondúa Mixtec: kuaan

References

Dürr, Michael (1987), “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, DOI:10.18441/ind.v11i0.19-61, pages 19–61: “26) *kʷáą́ / "buy"”