Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/bʼaaʼtzʼ

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

*bʼaaʼtzʼ

1. howler monkey

Descendants

• Kaqchikel: bʼatzʼ
• Lacandon: baꞌatsꞌ
• Tzotzil: batzʼ
• Yucatec Maya: baatzʼ

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: “*bʼaaʼtzʼ ‘howler monker’”
• Kaufman, Terrence, Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], page 558: “*b'a7tz'”