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Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/láà

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
  • *sáà

Etymology

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

Noun

*láà

  1. bird

Descendants

*láà

  • Tezoatlán Mixtec: laa

*sáà

  • Alcozauca Mixtec: sàà
  • Chayuco Mixtec: zaa
  • San Juan Colorado Mixtec: sáa
  • San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: saā
  • Yosondúa Mixtec: saa
  • ⇒ Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: lasaa
  • ⇒ San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: tɨsaā

References
  • Dürr, Michael (1987), “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “37) *láà / "bird"”
  • Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “147) pájaro / bird / *tɨ laa”
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