Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/yénì

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

*yénì

1. brother of a male

Coordinate terms

• *kùʔwì (“sister of a female”)
• *kʷàʔá (“opposite-sex sibling”)

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: ñani, yani
• Chayuco Mixtec: yañi
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: ñani
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: yáñi
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: ñanī
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: ñani
• Yosondúa Mixtec: ñani

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “40) *yénì / "man's brother"”
• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “25) hermano / brother / *yeni”