Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kʷeti

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 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

*kʷeti

1. sin

Descendants

• Chayuco Mixtec: cuatyi
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kuechi
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cuatyí
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cuāchi
• Teposcolula Mixtec: quachi
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: kua̱chi
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kuachi

References

• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “20) culpa / sin / *kʷeti”

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

*kʷeti

1. small (plural)

Descendants

• Chayuco Mixtec: cuatyi
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kuechi
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cuátyí
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cuáchí
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: kuáchí

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “101) *kʷeti / "small (in pieces)"”