Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kukʷęʔ

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

Noun

*kukʷęʔ

1. armadillo

Descendants

• Coastal Chatino:

• Tataltepec Chatino: cucui̱ꞌ, cui̱ꞌ
• Eastern Chatino:

• Eastern Highland Chatino: kukwinꞌ
• Western Highland Chatino: kwiinꞌ, kuwinꞌ, kweenꞌ
• Zacatepec Chatino: kukwinꞌ

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: “4. *kukʷęʔ armadillo”