Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/sísì

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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Noun

*sísì

1. aunt

Coordinate terms

• *sítò (“uncle”)

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: xìxì
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: xixi
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: xīi
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: didi
• Yosondúa Mixtec: xixi

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “35) *sísì / "aunt"”