Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kyaja

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 *ketta, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *ta(h).

Noun

*kyaja

1. tortilla

Descendants

• Tataltepec Chatino: tyija
• Eastern Chatino:
  • Eastern Highland Chatino: kyaja (Santa María Yolotepec)
  • Western Highland Chatino: tyija²³, tyaja, kija; keja (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: “*kyaja”
• 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: “180. *kʸaha tortilla”