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Reconstruction:Proto-Oto-Pamean/kʔĩ-mia

This Proto-Oto-Pamean 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-Oto-Pamean

Etymology

From Proto-Oto-Manguean *(n)(ʔ)yan³.

Noun

*kʔĩ-mia

snake

Descendants

Proto-Otomian:
- Mazahua:
  - Central Mazahua: qꞌuijmi
- Proto-Otomi: *kʔɛ̨yą
  - Mezquital Otomi: kꞌeñä

References

Bartholomew, Doris Aileen (1965) The Reconstruction of Otopamean (Mexico)‎, page 221: “230. “Culebra--snake” *kʔĩ-mia”

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