Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/káʔwį́

This Proto-Mixtec entry contains reconstructed terms 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

*káʔwį́

1. (transitive) burn

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: kaꞌmi
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kaꞌmi
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: càhmì
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cahmu
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: kaꞌon
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kaꞌma

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “23) *káʔwį́ / "to burn"”