Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/káxíʔ

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

*káxíʔ (present *xexiʔ)

1. (transitive) eat

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: kaxí; xáxí, yáxí
• Chayuco Mixtec: casi; sasi
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kaxi; jaxi
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: catsi; tsátsí
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: caji
• Teposcolula Mixtec: casi
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: kaxí; saxí
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kaji; yaji

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “2) *káxíʔ / "to eat"”
• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “102) comer / eat / *xexiʔ”