Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kwela

This Proto-Chatino 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-Chatino edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Zapotecan *kw-ella.

Noun edit

*kwela

fish

Descendants edit

Teojomulco Chatino: duela
Core Chatino:
- Coastal Chatino:
  - Tataltepec Chatino: cualya
  - Eastern Chatino:
    - Eastern Highland Chatino: kwila (San Juan Lachao, Santa María Yolotepec)
    - Western Highland Chatino: kula²
    - Zacatepec Chatino: kwila (Santa Catarina Juquila, San Marcos Zacatepec)

References edit

Campbell, Eric (2013 July) “The internal diversification and subgrouping of Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 79, number 3, →DOI, pages 395–420: “*kwela”