Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/láà

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

Alternative forms

• *sáà

Etymology

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

Noun

*láà

1. bird

Descendants

*láà

• Tezoatlán Mixtec: laa

*sáà

• Alcozauca Mixtec: sàà
• Chayuco Mixtec: zaa
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: sáa
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: saā
• Yosondúa Mixtec: saa
• ⇒ Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: lasaa
• ⇒ San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: tɨsaā

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “37) *láà / "bird"”
• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “147) pájaro / bird / *tɨ laa”