Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/xeʔⁿde

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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Verb

*xeʔⁿde

cut

Descendants

Alcozauca Mixtec: kaꞌnda, xáꞌnda
Chayuco Mixtec: cahndya, sandya
Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kaꞌnde, jaꞌnde
San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cahnyà, tsaahnyá
San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cahnchā, jáhnchā
Tezoatlán Mixtec: kaꞌanda, saꞌándá
Yosondúa Mixtec: kaꞌncha, jaꞌncha

References

Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “120) cortar / cut / *xeʔⁿde”