Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/leⁿdu

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

• *seⁿdu

Etymology

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Noun

*leⁿdu

1. navel

Descendants

*leⁿdu

• Tezoatlán Mixtec: landi

*seⁿdu

• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: xendu
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: xendu

References

• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “149) ombligo / navel / *leⁿdu”