Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kwiyuʔ

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 *kw-eyuʔ.

Noun

*kwiyuʔ

1. spider

Descendants

• ⇒ Tataltepec Chatino: ngüiyuꞌ
• ⇒ Western Highland Chatino: ngwiyuꞌ²³, mbiyuꞌ, biyuꞌ, ngiyoꞌ

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: “*kwiyuʔ”
• 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: “2. *kʷi·yuʔ spider”