Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/ahyiin

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

*ahyiin

1. crocodile

Descendants

• Kaqchikel: ayin
• Mopan Maya: ʼayin
• Yucatec Maya: áayin

References

• Kaufman, Terrence, Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], page 643: “pM *7ahiin s lagarto, caima*n // cayman”
• Wichmann, Søren, Brown, Cecil H. (2011) “Syllable Nuclei of Proto-Mayan Disyllabic Stems”, in Avelino, Heriberto, editor, New Perspectives in Mayan Linguistics, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, pages 316–342: “*ahyii “crocodile””