Reconstruction:Proto-Zapotec/kwe-tyeʔ

This Proto-Zapotec 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-Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotecan *kwe-tyeʔ.

Noun

*kwe-tyeʔ

1. ant

Descendants

• Isthmus Zapotec: birí
• Yatzachi Zapotec: bcheꞋ
• Zoogocho Zapotec: bcheꞋ

References

• Kaufman, Terrence (2016) Proto-Sapotek(an) Reconstructions‎^[1], page 46: “kwe+ tye7”