Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/tɨ-luʔwęʔ

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-suʔwęʔ

Etymology

*tɨ- (“animal”) +‎ *luʔwęʔ (“tail”)

Noun

*tɨ-luʔwęʔ

1. scorpion

Descendants

*tɨ-luʔwęʔ

*tɨ-suʔwęʔ

• Chayuco Mixtec: tizuhma
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: tisuꞌma
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: tijuhma
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: tɨ̄suhma
• Teposcolula Mixtec: tedzuma
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: ti̱dóꞌo̱ma̱

References

• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “139) alacrán / scorpion / *tɨ luʔwe̱ʔ”