Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/xúkwa

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 *k-xooʔkkwa.

Numeral

*xúkwa

1. six

Descendants

• Teojomulco Chatino: schucua
• Core Chatino: *súkwa

• Zenzontepec Chatino:
• Coastal Chatino:

• Tataltepec Chatino: scua
• Eastern Chatino:

• Eastern Highland Chatino: sukwa (Santa María Yolotepec)
• Western Highland Chatino: skwa⁴; sakwa (Santa María Amialtepec), sukwa (San José Ixtapan)

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: “*súkwa”
• Sullivant, J. Ryan (2016 October) “Reintroducing Teojomulco Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 82, number 4, →DOI, pages 393–423