Reconstruction:Proto-Mixe-Zoque/pɨhk

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

*pɨhk

1. hide, skin (of an animal)
2. plumage, feather(s)

Descendants

• Mixe: *pɨhk
  • Isthmus Mixe: pëjt (“skin”)^[sic]
  • Oluta Popoluca: pʉcʉ (“skin; feather”)
  • Sayula Popoluca: pʉjc (“skin”)
  • Totontepec Mixe: pa̱jc (“skin; feather”)
  • ⇒ Coatlán Mixe: -nïbɨjc (“skin; feather; wool”)
• Zoque: *pɨhk
  • Copainalá Zoque: pʌc (“skin; feather; wool”)
  • Francisco León Zoque: pøc (“skin; feather”)
  • Highland Popoluca: pɨc (“feather; wool”)
  • Rayón Zoque: pʌjk (“skin; feather; wool”)

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