Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/ⁿdútéʔ

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

*ⁿdútéʔ

1. water

Descendants

• Chayuco Mixtec: ndutya
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: ndutya
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: nducha
• Teposcolula Mixtec: duta
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: ndúta̱
• Yosondúa Mixtec: nducha

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “4) *ⁿdútéʔ / "water"”
• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “22) agua / water / *ⁿdute^[sic]”