Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/paat

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

Etymology 1

Noun

*paat

1. back
2. shell

Descendants

• Yucatec Maya: paach

Etymology 2

Noun

*paat

1. house

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: “*paat ‘back, shell, house’”
• Kaufman, Terrence, Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], pages 371, 952: “WM+GLL *paat [1], pM *paat [2]”