Reconstruction:Proto-Zapotecan/nissa

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-Zapotec

Noun

*nissa

water

Descendants

Chatino: *ʔita
Zapotec: *nissa
- Isthmus Zapotec: nisa
- San Juan Guelavía Zapotec: nis
- Yatzachi Zapotec: nis
- Zoogocho Zapotec: nis

References

Kaufman, Terrence (2016) Proto-Sapotek(an) Reconstructions‎, page 37: “nissa”