Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/kʷiiʔ

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

*kʷiiʔ

1. green

Descendants

• Chayuco Mixtec: cuii (“green”)
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kuii (“green”)
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cuíí
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: cuíi
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: kuíi̱
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kuii

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “100) *kʷiiʔ / "green"”