Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kʷaą

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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Adjective

*kʷaą

1. yellow

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: kuáan
• Chayuco Mixtec: cuaan
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kuaan
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cuáán
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: kuaán
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kuaan

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “103) *kʷaą / "yellow"”
• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “78) amarillo / yellow/ *kʷaa̱”