Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kwesǫ

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 *kw-esonʔ.

Noun

*kwesǫ

1. bee

Descendants

• Core Chatino: *kwetǫ

• Zenzontepec Chatino:
• Coastal Chatino:

• Tataltepec Chatino: cuityu̱
• Eastern Chatino:

• Western Highland Chatino: kwitun⁴³, kutun

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: “*kwetǫ”
• 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: “1. *kʷe·tǫ bee”