Reconstruction:Proto-Mixe-Zoque/pa꞉hȼ

This Proto-Mixe-Zoque 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-Mixe-Zoque

Noun

*pa꞉hȼ

1. skunk

Descendants

• Mixe: *pa꞉hȼ
  • Coatlán Mixe: paatz
  • Oluta Popoluca: pa̱tsʉ (“opossum”)
  • Sayula Popoluca: pa̱jts
  • Totontepec Mixe: paats
• Zoque: *paȼ
  • Copainalá Zoque: patz
  • Francisco León Zoque: patz
  • ⇒ Highland Popoluca: patsca̱ŋ
  • ⇒ Rayón Zoque: wʌjpatsiji

References

• Elson, Benjamin F. (1992) “Reconstructing Mixe-Zoque”, in Hwang, Shin Ja J. & Merrifield, William R., editors, Language in Context: Essays for Robert E. Longacre (Summer Institute of Linguistics and The University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics; 107)‎^[1], The Summer Institute of Linguistics and The University of Texas at Arlington, →ISBN, pages 577–592