Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/kyar

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

*kyar

1. fish

Descendants

• Achi: kar
• Ch'orti': chay
• Kaqchikel: kär
• K'iche': kar
• Lacandon: käy
• Tzeltal: chay
• Tzotzil: choy
• Yucatec Maya: kay

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: “*kyar ‘fish’”
• Kaufman, Terrence, Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], pages 648–650: “pM *kar”