Reconstruction:Proto-Mixe-Zoque/po꞉mah

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

*po꞉mah

1. copal

Descendants

• Mixe: *po꞉m
  • Coatlán Mixe: poom
  • Oluta Popoluca: po̱mʉ
  • Sayula Popoluca: po̱m
  • Totontepec Mixe: po̱o̱m
• Zoque: *po꞉mah
  • Copainalá Zoque: pomoj
  • Francisco León Zoque: pomo
  • Highland Popoluca: po̱ma
  • Rayón Zoque: pomo
• → Akatek: pom
• → Epigraphic Mayan: pomoja (attested at San Bartolo)
• → Chuj: pom
• → Tzotzil: pom
• → Yucatec Maya: pom, poom

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