Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/sísì

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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Noun

*sísì

aunt

Coordinate terms

*sítò (“uncle”)

Descendants

Alcozauca Mixtec: xìxì
Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: xixi
San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: xīi
Tezoatlán Mixtec: didi
Yosondúa Mixtec: xixi

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: “35) *sísì / "aunt"”