Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kʷe·ʔya

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

*kʷe·- (“animal”) +‎ *-ʔya (“eagle; hawk”), from Proto-Zapotecan, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *ka¹.

Noun

*kʷe·ʔya

1. eagle
2. hawk

Descendants

• Tataltepec Chatino: cuaꞌyá (“hawk”)
• Western Highland Chatino: kwiꞌya²³, biꞌya (“eagle; hawk”)

References

• 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: “3. *kʷe·ʔya eagle. [...] 12. *kʷe·ʔya hawk”