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Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/yúwíʔ
Proto-Mixtec
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
*yúwíʔ
- petate (mat)
Descendants
- Alcozauca Mixtec: iví
- Chayuco Mixtec: yūū
- San Juan Colorado Mixtec: yuvi
- San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: yuu
- Teposcolula Mixtec: yuvui
- Yosondúa Mixtec: yuu
References
- Dürr, Michael (1987), “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, DOI:, pages 19–61: “9) *yúwíʔ / "straw mat"”
- Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “3) petate / straw mat / *yuwiʔ”