Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/si-lù

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

Adjective

*si-lù

1. big

Descendants

• ⇒ Teojomulco Chatino: codsil
• Core Chatino: *ti-lù

• Zenzontepec Chatino:
• Coastal Chatino:

• Tataltepec Chatino: tlyu
• Eastern Chatino:

• Eastern Highland Chatino: tilyu (Santa María Yolotepec)
• Western Highland Chatino: tlyu²³
• Zacatepec Chatino: tilyu (San Marcos Zacatepec)

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: “*ti-lù”