< Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino
Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/katzi
Proto-Chatino
Etymology
From Proto-Zapotecan *k-attzi, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *(n)si¹/².
Pronunciation
Tone has not been reconstructed.
Verb
*katzi
- be yellow
Descendants
- Core Chatino:
- Zenzontepec Chatino:
- Coastal Chatino:
- ⇒ Tataltepec Chatino: ngatsi
- Eastern Chatino:
- Western Highland Chatino: katsi²³
References
- Campbell, Eric (July 2013), “The internal diversification and subgrouping of Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 79, issue 3, DOI:, pages 395–420: “(*katzi)”
- Upson, B. W.; Longacre, Robert E. (October 1965), “Proto-Chatino phonology”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 31, issue 4, DOI:, JSTOR 1264039, pages 312–322: “28. *ka·či yellow”