< Reconstruction:Proto-Zapotecan
Reconstruction:Proto-Zapotecan/keeʔku
Proto-Zapotecan
Etymology
From Proto-Oto-Manguean *(h)kʷe(n)³.
Noun
*keeʔku
- river
Descendants
- Chatino: *keku
- Core Chatino:
- Coastal Chatino:
- Tataltepec Chatino: chcu
- Eastern Chatino:
- Nopala Chatino: chko (Santos Reyes Nopala)
- Western Highland Chatino: chku²¹
- Coastal Chatino:
- Core Chatino:
- Zapotec: *keeʔku
- Isthmus Zapotec: guiiguꞌ
- San Juan Guelavía Zapotec: gueeu
- Yatzachi Zapotec: yao
- Zoogocho Zapotec: yegw
References
- Kaufman, Terrence (2016) Proto-Sapotek(an) Reconstructions, page 22: “ke:7ku”