Reconstruction:Proto-Oto-Manguean/(n)(h)kʷe(ʔ)(n)²

This Proto-Oto-Manguean 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-Oto-Manguean

Noun

*(n)(h)kʷe(ʔ)(n)²

1. day
2. sky

Descendants

• Amuzgo:
  • San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: xuee (“day”)
• Proto-Mixtecan:
  • Mixtec: *vï
    • Alcozauca Mixtec: ki̱ví (“day”) (last syllable)
    • Alcozauca Mixtec: ndiví (“sky”) (last syllable)
    • Alcozauca Mixtec: nduví (“daytime”) (last syllable)
    • Chayuco Mixtec: andɨvɨ (“sky”) (last syllable)
    • Chayuco Mixtec: quɨvɨ (“day”) (last syllable)
    • San Juan Colorado Mixtec: andɨvɨ (“sky”) (last syllable)
    • San Juan Colorado Mixtec: nduvi (“all day”) (last syllable)
    • San Juan Colorado Mixtec: quɨvɨ (“day”) (last syllable)
    • San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: andɨ́vɨ́ (“sky”) (last syllable)
    • San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: ndūu (“day”) (last syllable)
    • San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: quɨvɨ̄ (“day”) (last syllable)
    • Yosondúa Mixtec: andɨvɨ (“sky”) (last syllable)
    • Yosondúa Mixtec: kɨvɨ (“day”) (last syllable)
• Popolocan:
  • Proto-Mazatec:
    • Huautla Mazatec: ncʔa³jmi³ (“sky”) (last syllable)

References

• Rensch, Calvin R. (1976) Comparative Otomanguean Phonology, Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 242: “Set 176 **(n)(h)kʷe(ʔ)(n)²”