Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/tɨ-lanaʔ

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

• *tɨ-nanaʔ

Etymology

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

Noun

*tɨ-lanaʔ

1. tomato

Descendants

• *tɨ-lanaʔ
• *tɨ-nanaʔ

• Alcozauca Mixtec: tinaná
• Chayuco Mixtec: tinana
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: tinana
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: tɨnana, tinana
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: tɨ̄nana
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: ti̱nana
• Yosondúa Mixtec: tɨnana

References

• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “90) jitomate / tomato / *tɨ lanaʔ”