Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/lòʔó

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

Alternative forms

• *sòʔó

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

*lòʔó

1. ear

Descendants

*lòʔó

*sòʔó

• Alcozauca Mixtec: so̱ꞌo
• Ayutla Mixtec: so̱ꞌo̱
• Chayuco Mixtec: zoho
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: soꞌo
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: sohó
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: sōho
• Sinicahua Mixtec: soꞌo
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: do̱ꞌo
• Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec: so̱ꞌo
• Yosondúa Mixtec: soꞌo

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “56) *lòʔó / "ear"”
• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “129) oreja / ear / *loʔo”