Reconstruction:Proto-Mixe-Zoque/ȼiku

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

*ȼiku

1. white-nosed coati (Nasua narica)

Descendants

• Mixe: *ȼik
  • Coatlán Mixe: tzic
  • Isthmus Mixe: tsik
  • Sayula Popoluca: chic
  • Totontepec Mixe: tsic
• Zoque: *ȼiku
  • Copainalá Zoque: tzicu
  • Francisco León Zoque: tzicu
  • Highland Popoluca: chi̱cu
    • → Mecayapan Nahuatl: chi̱co
  • Rayón Zoque: tsiku
• → Yucatec Maya: chiʼik

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