Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kesa

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 *keʔsa.

Noun

*kesa

tobacco

Descendants

*kesa

Core Chatino: *keta

Zenzontepec Chatino:

Coastal Chatino:

Tataltepec Chatino: catyá (“tobacco”)
Eastern Chatino:

Western Highland Chatino: kata⁴ (“cigar, cigarette”)

*lakaʔ kesa (“tobacco leaf”)

Teojomulco Chatino: laquiédce (“tobacco”)
Core Chatino:

Coastal Chatino:

Eastern Chatino:

Western Highland Chatino: lkaꞌ kata (“tobacco”)

References

Campbell, Eric (July 2013) “The internal diversification and subgrouping of Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 79, number 3, pages 395–420: “*keta”
Sullivant, J. Ryan (October 2016) “Reintroducing Teojomulco Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 82, number 4, →DOI, pages 393–423
Upson, B. W., Longacre, Robert E. (October 1965) “Proto-Chatino phonology”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 312–322: “224. *ke·ta tobacco”