< Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino
Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/lutzeʔ
Proto-Chatino
Etymology
From Proto-Zapotecan *luuʔtzeʔ, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *(n)se(ʔ)(n).
Noun
*lutzeʔ
- tongue
Descendants
- Teojomulco Chatino: lucha (“my tongue”)
- Core Chatino:
- Zenzontepec Chatino:
- Coastal Chatino:
- Tataltepec Chatino: ltseꞌ
- Eastern Chatino:
- Western Highland Chatino: ltseꞌ²³, tseꞌ
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: “(*lutzeʔ)”
- 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: “48. *cęʔ tongue”