Where does “yavi” come from?

yavi (Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec) comes from Proto-Mixtec *yawiʔ — agave.

yavi (Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec): hole

Definitions

  1. hole

Ancestry of “yavi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mixtec*yawiʔagave
Every word from Proto-Mixtec *yawiʔ