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Reconstruction:Proto-Otomi/mįnʔyo
Proto-Otomi
Etymology
From Proto-Otomian *minʔyo, from Proto-Oto-Pamean *nʔio, from Proto-Oto-Manguean **(ʔ)ya(H)(n)².
Noun
*mįnʔyo
- coyote
Descendants
- Mezquital Otomi: miñꞌyo
References
- Bartholomew, Doris (October 1960), “Some revisions of Proto-Otomi consonants”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 26, issue 4, pages 317–329: “3. *m(V̨) *mįnʔyo coyote”
- Newman, Stanley; Weitlaner, Robert (January 1950), “Central Otomian I: Proto-Otomi Reconstructions”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 16, issue 1, pages 1–19: “185. *minʔyo coyote.”