< Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec
Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/leʔyiʔ
Proto-Mixtec
Alternative forms
- *seʔyiʔ
Etymology
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Noun
*leʔyiʔ
- armpit
Descendants
- *leʔyiʔ
- *seʔyiʔ
- Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: xeꞌe
- ⇒ San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: chixehē
- ⇒ Tezoatlán Mixtec: ti̱i deꞌe̱
- ⇒ Yosondúa Mixtec: chixeꞌe
References
- Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “97) sobaco / armpit / *leʔyiʔ”