Reconstruction:Proto-Zapotec/kwe-tyiiʔ(s)sa

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-tyiiʔ(s)sa.

Noun

*kwe-tyiiʔ(s)sa

1. squirrel

Descendants

• Isthmus Zapotec: chisa
• San Juan Guelavía Zapotec: bdzɨz
• Yatzachi Zapotec: biachez
• Zoogocho Zapotec: biꞌachez

References

• Kaufman, Terrence (2016) Proto-Sapotek(an) Reconstructions‎^[1], page 47: “kw+ tyi:7(s)sa”