Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/ku-iso

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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Verb

*ku-iso (present *ⁿdiso or *xiso)

1. carry

Descendants

• Chayuco Mixtec: cuizo, ndyizo
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kuiso, jiso
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cuìso, nyísó
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: kuido, xido
• ⇒ Alcozauca Mixtec: kundiso, ndísó
• ⇒ Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kondiso, ndiso
• ⇒ San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cundiso, ndiso

References

• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “80) va a cargar / will carry/ *ku iso”