Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kìtzą̀ʔ

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 *kittza(ʔ), from Proto-Oto-Manguean *(Y)(n)sa(H)(n).

Noun

*kìtzą̀ʔ

1. hair

Descendants

• Teojomulco Chatino: quinche
• Core Chatino:

• Zenzontepec Chatino:
• Coastal Chatino:

• Tataltepec Chatino: quicha̱ꞌ
• Eastern Chatino:

• Western Highland Chatino: kichanꞌ², kachanꞌ

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: “*kìtzą̀ʔ”
• 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: “39. *ki·cą hair”