Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kwela

This Proto-Chatino 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-Chatino

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotecan *kw-ella.

Noun

*kwela

1. fish

Descendants

• Teojomulco Chatino: duela
• Core Chatino:
  • Coastal Chatino:
    • Tataltepec Chatino: cualya
    • Eastern Chatino:
      • Eastern Highland Chatino: kwila (San Juan Lachao, Santa María Yolotepec)
      • Western Highland Chatino: kula²
      • Zacatepec Chatino: kwila (Santa Catarina Juquila, San Marcos Zacatepec)

References

• Campbell, Eric (2013 July) “The internal diversification and subgrouping of Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 79, number 3, →DOI, pages 395–420: “*kwela”