Reconstruction:Proto-Zapotecan/kwe-tyiiʔ(s)sa

This Proto-Zapotecan entry contains reconstructed words 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-Zapotecan

Noun

*kwe-tyiiʔ(s)sa

squirrel

Descendants

Chatino: *tisá
- Core Chatino: *titá
  - Coastal Chatino:
    - Eastern Chatino:
      - Eastern Highland Chatino: titya (Santa María Yolotepec)
      - Western Highland Chatino: tya²
Zapotec: *kwe-tyiiʔ(s)sa
- Isthmus Zapotec: chisa
- San Juan Guelavía Zapotec: bdzɨz
- Yatzachi Zapotec: biachez
- Zoogocho Zapotec: biꞌachez

References

Kaufman, Terrence (2016) Proto-Sapotek(an) Reconstructions‎, page 47: “kw+ tyi:7(s)sa”