Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/láʔwà

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

• *sáʔwà

Noun

*láʔwà

1. frog

Descendants

*láʔwà

• Tezoatlán Mixtec: láꞌo̱

*sáʔwà

• Ayutla Mixtec: saꞌva̱
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: saꞌva
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: sáhva
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: sahvā
• Teposcolula Mixtec: dzahua
• Yosondúa Mixtec: saꞌva
• → Tataltepec Chatino: saꞌba (“toad”)

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “36) *láʔwà / "frog"”
• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “148) rana / frog / *laʔwa”