< Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino
Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/kesa
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, issue 3, pages 395–420: “*keta”
- Sullivant, J. Ryan (October 2016), “Reintroducing Teojomulco Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 82, issue 4, DOI:, pages 393–423
- 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: “224. *ke·ta tobacco”