Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kesa

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 *keʔsa.

Noun

*kesa

1. tobacco

Descendants

*kesa

• Core Chatino: *keta

• Zenzontepec Chatino:

• Coastal Chatino:

• Tataltepec Chatino: catyá (“tobacco”)
• Eastern Chatino:

• Western Highland Chatino: kata⁴ (“cigar, cigarette”)

*lakaʔ kesa (“tobacco leaf”)

• Teojomulco Chatino: laquiédce (“tobacco”)
• Core Chatino:

• Coastal Chatino:

• Eastern Chatino:

• Western Highland Chatino: lkaꞌ kata (“tobacco”)

References

• Campbell, Eric (2013 July) “The internal diversification and subgrouping of Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 79, number 3, pages 395–420: “*keta”
• Sullivant, J. Ryan (2016 October) “Reintroducing Teojomulco Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 82, number 4, →DOI, pages 393–423
• 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: “224. *ke·ta tobacco”