< Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino
Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/xitiʔ
Proto-Chatino
Etymology
From Proto-Zapotecan *xityiʔ.
Noun
*xitiʔ
- breast
- milk
Descendants
- Teojomulco Chatino: schiti-na (“my breasts”)
- Core Chatino: *sitiʔ
- Zenzontepec Chatino:
- Coastal Chatino:
- Tataltepec Chatino: styiꞌ
- Eastern Chatino:
- Western Highland Chatino: styiꞌ²
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: “*sitiʔ”
- 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: “93. *šitʸiʔ milk”