Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/kyar
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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
*kyar
Descendants edit
- Achi: kar
- Ch'orti': chay
- Kaqchikel: kär
- K'iche': kar
- Lacandon: käy
- Tzeltal: chay
- Tzotzil: choy
- Yucatec Maya: kay
References edit
- Brown, Cecil H., Wichmann, Søren (2004 April) “Proto-Mayan syllable nuclei”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 70, number 2, , pages 128–186: “*kyar ‘fish’”
- Kaufman, Terrence, Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary[1], pages 648–650: “pM *kar”