Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/nònìʔ
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Proto-Mixtec
Etymology
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Noun
*nònìʔ
Descendants
- Alcozauca Mixtec: nu̱ní
- Ayutla Mixtec: nuni̱ꞌ
- Chayuco Mixtec: nuñi
- Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: nuni
- Sinicahua Mixtec: nuni
- San Juan Colorado Mixtec: ñùñì
- San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: nunī
- Teposcolula Mixtec: nuni
- Tezoatlán Mixtec: noni̱
- Yosondúa Mixtec: nuni
References
- Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, , pages 19–61: “73) *nònìʔ / "corn"”
- Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “85) maíz / grain of corn / *noniʔ”