Reconstruction:Proto-Zapotec/tyitta

This Proto-Zapotec 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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Zapotecan *tyittą.

Noun

*tyitta

bone

Descendants

Isthmus Zapotec: dxita
San Juan Guelavía Zapotec: dzɨt
Yatzachi Zapotec: žit
Zoogocho Zapotec: žit

Noun

*tyitta

egg

Descendants

Isthmus Zapotec: dxita
Yatzachi Zapotec: žit
Zoogocho Zapotec: žit
⇒ San Juan Guelavía Zapotec: dzɨtbɨdy

References

Kaufman, Terrence (2016) Proto-Sapotek(an) Reconstructions‎, page 47: “tyitta”