< Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino
Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kee loo
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Proto-Chatino
Etymology
From Proto-Zapotecan *keyek lawo, from *keyek (“stone”) + *lawo (“face”). C.f. *kee, *loo.
Noun
*kee loo
- eye
Descendants
- Core Chatino:
- Coastal Chatino:
- Tataltepec Chatino: culoo
- Eastern Chatino:
- Western Highland Chatino: kuloo³², tloH, kiloH; jloH (San Juan Quiahije)
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: “*kee loo”