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Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/tèyé
Proto-Mixtec
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
*tèyé
- man
Descendants
- Alcozauca Mixtec: ta̱a
- Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: tee
- San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: chāa
- Tezoatlán Mixtec: ta̱a
- Yosondúa Mixtec: chaa
References
- Dürr, Michael (1987), “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, DOI:, pages 19–61: “47) *tèyé / "man"”
- Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “52) hombre / man / *tèyé”