Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/xekį

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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Verb

*xekį

1. lay
2. lay (eggs)

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: kakin (future), xákin (present)
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: kakin (future), jakin (present)
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: caquìn (future), tsaquín (present)
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: caquīn (future), jaquín (present)
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: kaki (future), sakí (present)
• Yosondúa Mixtec: kakan (future), jakan (present)

References

• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “64) poner (huevo) / lay (egg) / *xeki̱”