Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kʷe·ʔya

This Proto-Chatino entry contains reconstructed words 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

*kʷe·- (“animal”) +‎ *-ʔya (“eagle; hawk”), from Proto-Zapotecan, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *ka¹.

Noun

*kʷe·ʔya

eagle
hawk

Descendants

Tataltepec Chatino: cuaꞌyá (“hawk”)
Western Highland Chatino: kwiꞌya²³, biꞌya (“eagle; hawk”)

References

Upson, B. W.; Longacre, Robert E. (October 1965), “Proto-Chatino phonology”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 31, issue 4, DOI:10.1086/464861, JSTOR 1264039, pages 312–322: “3. *kʷe·ʔya eagle. [...] 12. *kʷe·ʔya hawk”

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