Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kaniʔ

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

*kaniʔ (plural *naniʔ)

1. long

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: kâní
• Chayuco Mixtec: cañi
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kani
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cañi
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cáni
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: káni̱
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kani

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “97) *kaniʔ / "long"”