Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kʷeʔyi

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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Noun

*kʷeʔyi

1. illness

Descendants

• Chayuco Mixtec: cuehe
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kueꞌe
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cuehè
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cuehē
• Teposcolula Mixtec: quahi
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: kueꞌe̱
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kueꞌe

References

• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “161) enfermedad / sickness / *kʷeʔyi”