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Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/teʔyu
Proto-Mixtec
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
*teʔyu
- rot
Adjective
*teʔyu
- rotten
Descendants
- Alcozauca Mixtec: ta̱ꞌi̱ (“rot”)
- Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: teꞌyu (“rot”), teꞌyu (“rotten”)
- San Juan Colorado Mixtec: tyaahyú (“rot”)
- San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: tehyū (“rot”), téhyú (“rotten”)
- Tezoatlán Mixtec: teiꞌi̱ (“rot”), te̱i̱ꞌí (“rotten”)
- Yosondúa Mixtec: teꞌyu (“rot”)
References
- Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “58) podrido / rotten / *teʔyu”