Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/ahq

This Proto-Mayan 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-Mayan

Noun

*ahq

1. turtle
2. peccary

Descendants

• Epigraphic Mayan: ak (“turtle”)
• Kaqchikel: aq (“pig”)
• Lacandon: ak (“turtle”)
• Yucatec Maya: áak (“turtle”)

References

• Brown, Cecil H., Wichmann, Søren (2004 April) “Proto-Mayan syllable nuclei”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 70, number 2, →DOI, pages 128–186: “*ahq ‘turtle, pig’”
• Kaufman, Terrence, Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], page 562; 634: “GK *7ahq s `peccary'; LL+WM *7ahk s tortuga // turtle”