Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kyoo

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 *kiyok.

Noun

*kyoo

rain

Descendants

Tataltepec Chatino: tyoo
Western Highland Chatino: kyoo²³, tyoo

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: “*kyoo”
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: “55. *kʸo rain”