Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kwela

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

From Proto-Zapotecan *kw-ella.

Noun

*kwela

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 (July 2013), “The internal diversification and subgrouping of Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 79, issue 3, DOI:10.1086/670924, pages 395–420: “*kwela”

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