Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/ti·hʸą

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 *tyittą.

Noun

*ti·hʸą

1. bone

Descendants

• Teojomulco Chatino: tigngi
• Core Chatino:
  • Coastal Chatino:
    • Tataltepec Chatino: tyijya̱
    • Eastern Chatino:
      • Nopala Chatino: tyijyan (Santos Reyes Nopala)
      • Western Highland Chatino: tijyan³²; tiyan (San José Ixtapan)
      • Zacatepec Chatino: tijñan (San Marcos Zacatepec)

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: “42. *ti·hʸą bone”