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Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/yę-yɨwɨʔ
Proto-Mixtec
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
*yę-yɨwɨʔ
- people
Descendants
- Chayuco Mixtec: ñiyɨvɨ
- San Juan Colorado Mixtec: nyɨvɨ, ñayɨvɨ
- San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: ñāyɨvɨ
References
- Dürr, Michael (1987), “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, DOI:, pages 19–61: “109) *yę-yɨwɨʔ / "people"”
- Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “99) gente / people / *ye̱ yɨwɨʔ”