Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/xeʔų

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

*uxi (“ten”) +‎ *oʔǫ (“five”)

Numeral

*xeʔų

fifteen

Descendants

Alcozauca Mixtec: xa̱ꞌu̱n
Chayuco Mixtec: sahun
Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: jaꞌun
San Juan Colorado Mixtec: tsàhùn
San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: xiahūn
Tezoatlán Mixtec: saꞌo̱n
Yosondúa Mixtec: xiaꞌun

References

Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “121) quince / fifteen / *xeʔu̱ < *uxi oʔo̱”