< Reconstruction:Proto-Mixe-Zoque

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

  1. 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
    • 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
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