Reconstruction:Proto-Mixe-Zoque/ȼiku

This Proto-Mixe-Zoque 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-Mixe-Zoque

Noun

*ȼiku

white-nosed coati (Nasua narica)

Descendants

Mixe: *ȼik
- Coatlán Mixe: tzic
- Isthmus Mixe: tsik
- Sayula Popoluca: chic
- Totontepec Mixe: tsic
Zoque: *ȼiku
- Copainalá Zoque: tzicu
- Francisco León Zoque: tzicu
- Highland Popoluca: chi̱cu
  - → Mecayapan Nahuatl: chi̱co
- Rayón Zoque: tsiku
→ Yucatec Maya: chiʼik

References

Elson, Benjamin F. (1992), “Reconstructing Mixe-Zoque”, in Hwang, Shin Ja J. & Merrifield, William R., editors, Language in Context: Essays for Robert E. Longacre (Summer Institute of Linguistics and The University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics; 107)‎, The Summer Institute of Linguistics and The University of Texas at Arlington, →ISBN, pages 577–592