Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/juų

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

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotecan *to(ʔ), from Proto-Oto-Manguean *(H)tu(h)(n)³.

Pronunciation

Tone is not reconstructed.

Noun

*juų

1. thread, string
2. rope

Descendants

• Core Chatino:

• Coastal Chatino:

• Tataltepec Chatino: ju̱u̱
• Eastern Chatino:

• Western Highland Chatino: juun³²

References

• 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: “(*juų)”
• Upson, B. W., Longacre, Robert E. (1965 October) “Proto-Chatino phonology”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 312–322: “207. *hų thread”