Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/tènè

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 *tyene, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *ni(n).

Noun

*tènè

blood

Descendants

Teojomulco Chatino: téñe
Core Chatino:
- Zenzontepec Chatino:
- Coastal Chatino:
  - Tataltepec Chatino: tañi
  - Eastern Chatino:
    - Eastern Highland Chatino: tanen (Santa María Yolotepec)
    - Nopala Chatino:
    - Western Highland Chatino: tnen², tnin; tanen (San José Ixtapan)
    - Zacatepec Chatino: tinen (San Marco Zacatepec)

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: “*tènè”
Upson, B. W.; Longacre, Robert E. (October 1965), “Proto-Chatino phonology”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 31, issue 4, DOI:10.1086/464861, JSTOR 1264039, pages 312–322: “53. *tenę blood”