Reconstruction:Proto-Oto-Manguean/ka¹

This Proto-Oto-Manguean 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-Oto-Manguean

Noun

*ka¹

1. a kind of bird

Descendants

• Proto-Oto-Pamean: *ka-ʔ (“crow”)
• Zapotecan:
  • ⇒ Proto-Chatino: *kʷe·ʔya (“eagle; hawk”)
    • Tataltepec Chatino: cuaꞌyá (“hawk”)
    • Western Highland Chatino: kwiꞌya²³, biꞌya (“eagle; hawk”)

References

• Rensch, Calvin R. (1976) Comparative Otomanguean Phonology, Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 222: “Set 116 **ka¹”