Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kee loo

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 *keyek lawo, from *keyek (“stone”) +‎ *lawo (“face”). C.f. *kee, *loo.

Noun

*kee loo

1. eye

Descendants

• Core Chatino:

• Coastal Chatino:

• Tataltepec Chatino: culoo
• Eastern Chatino:

• Western Highland Chatino: kuloo³², tloH, kiloH; jloH (San Juan Quiahije)

References

• Campbell, Eric (2013 July) “The internal diversification and subgrouping of Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 79, number 3, →DOI, pages 395–420: “*kee loo”