Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/nònìʔ

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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Noun

*nònìʔ

1. maize

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, →DOI, pages 19–61: “73) *nònìʔ / "corn"”
• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “85) maíz / grain of corn / *noniʔ”