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Reconstruction:Proto-Otomi/cibi
Proto-Otomi
Etymology
From Proto-Otomian *cibi, from Proto-Oto-Pamean *ci-p (“lime”).
Noun
*cibi
- fire
Descendants
- Mezquital Otomi: tsibi
References
- Bartholomew, Doris (October 1960), “Some revisions of Proto-Otomi consonants”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 26, issue 4, DOI:, JSTOR 1263552, pages 317–329: “59. *-b- *cibi fire”
- Newman, Stanley; Weitlaner, Robert (January 1950), “Central Otomian I: Proto-Otomi reconstructions”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 16, issue 1, DOI:, JSTOR 1262748, pages 1–19: “54. *cibi fire”