Reconstruction:Proto-Mixe-Zoque/po꞉poʔ

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꞉poʔ

1. white

Descendants

• Mixe: *po꞉ʔp
  • Coatlán Mixe: poob
  • Isthmus Mixe: poop
  • Oluta Popoluca: po̱poꞌ
  • Sayula Popoluca: poꞌp
  • Totontepec Mixe: po̱o̱ꞌp
• Zoque: *popoʔ
  • Copainalá Zoque: popo
  • Francisco León Zoque: popo
  • Rayón Zoque: pobo
  • ⇒ Highland Popoluca: pooba̱p

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