Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kaʔnuʔ

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

*kaʔnuʔ (plural *naʔnuʔ)

1. big

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: káꞌnú
• Chayuco Mixtec: cahnu
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kaꞌnu
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cahnu
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cáhnu
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: káꞌano
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kaꞌnu

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “98) *kaʔnuʔ / "big"”
• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “65) grande / big (sg) / *kaʔnuʔ”