Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/owe

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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Adjective

*owe

bitter

Descendants

Chayuco Mixtec: uva
Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: uwa, uva
San Juan Colorado Mixtec: ùvà
San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: uā
Teposcolula Mixtec: huvua
Tezoatlán Mixtec: ova̱
Yosondúa Mixtec: ugua

References

Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “29) amargo / bitter / *owe”