Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/yuku ą

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

*yuku ą

1. (demonstrative) that

Pronoun

*yuku ą

1. (demonstrative) that

Adverb

*yuku ą

1. there, yonder

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: ikán
• Chayuco Mixtec: yucuan, cuan
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: yukan
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: yàcàn, càn, icán
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: yúan, yūán
• Teposcolula Mixtec: yuqua
• Yosondúa Mixtec: yukan

References

• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “81) aquel / that (one) / *yuku a̱”