Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kwi-tèèʔ

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 *kwe-tyeʔ.

Noun

*kwi-tèèʔ

1. ant

Descendants

• Core Chatino:
  • Coastal Chatino:
    • Tataltepec Chatino: cuityeeꞌ
    • Eastern Chatino:
      • Western Highland Chatino: kwityeeꞌ⁴

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: “*kwi-tèèʔ”
• 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: “13. *kʷi·tʸe·ʔ ant”