Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/n-xukwàʔ

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 *x-okwaʔ, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *(n)(h)kʷe(ʔ)(n)³.

Noun

*n-xukwàʔ

1. maize

Descendants

• Core Chatino: *n-sukwàʔ

• Coastal Chatino:

• Tataltepec Chatino: nscuaꞌ
• Eastern Chatino:

• Western Highland Chatino: nskwaꞌ⁴

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: “*n-sukwàʔ”
• 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: “106. *nsukʷaʔ corn (dry, shelled)”