Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/wàʔá

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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Adjective

*wàʔá

1. good

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: va̱ꞌa
• Chayuco Mixtec: vaha
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: vaꞌa
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: vaha
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: vāha
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: va̱ꞌa
• Yosondúa Mixtec: vaꞌa

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “6) *wàʔá / "good"”
• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “112) bueno / good / *waʔa”