< Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec
Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/si-yuʔųʔ
Proto-Mixtec
Etymology
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Noun
*si-yuʔųʔ
- precious metal
Descendants
- Alcozauca Mixtec: xùꞌún
- Chayuco Mixtec: xuhun
- Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: xuꞌun
- San Juan Colorado Mixtec: xùhùn
- San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: xūhún
- Teposcolula Mixtec: dziñuhu
- Tezoatlán Mixtec: di̱ꞌón
- Alcozauca Mixtec: xuꞌun
References
- Dürr, Michael (1987), “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, DOI:, pages 19–61: “106) *si-yuʔųʔ / "precious metal"”