Reconstruction:Proto-Zapotec/kw-eʔyoʔ

This Proto-Zapotec 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-Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotecan *kw-eʔyoʔ.

Noun

*kw-eʔyoʔ

1. moon
2. month

Descendants

• Choapan Zapotec: biu'
• Isthmus Zapotec: beeu
• San Juan Guelavía Zapotec: buu
• Yatzachi Zapotec: bioꞌ
• Zoogocho Zapotec: bioꞌ
• Chichicapan Zapotec: bweꞌhewu

References

• Kaufman, Terrence (2016) Proto-Sapotek(an) Reconstructions‎^[1], page 17: “kw+ e7yo7”