Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/bʼahlam
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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 edit
Noun edit
*bʼahlam
Descendants edit
- Kaqchikel: bʼalam
- K'iche': bʼalam
- Lacandon: barum
- Tojolabal: bʼajlam
- Tzeltal: balam
- Tzotzil: bolom
- Yucatec Maya: báalam
References edit
- Kaufman, Terrence, Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary[1], pages 594–595: “pM *b'ahlam”
- 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: “*bʼahlamʼ “jaguar””