Reconstruction:Proto-Chatino/xúkwa

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 *k-xooʔkkwa.

Numeral

*xúkwa

six

Descendants

Teojomulco Chatino: schucua
Core Chatino: *súkwa

Zenzontepec Chatino:
Coastal Chatino:

Tataltepec Chatino: scua
Eastern Chatino:

Eastern Highland Chatino: sukwa (Santa María Yolotepec)
Western Highland Chatino: skwa⁴; sakwa (Santa María Amialtepec), sukwa (San José Ixtapan)

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: “*súkwa”
Sullivant, J. Ryan (October 2016), “Reintroducing Teojomulco Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 82, issue 4, DOI:10.1086/688318, pages 393–423