Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/ahq

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

*ahq

Descendants

Epigraphic Mayan: ak (“turtle”)
Kaqchikel: aq (“pig”)
Lacandon: ak (“turtle”)
Yucatec Maya: áak (“turtle”)

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: “*ahq ‘turtle, pig’”
Kaufman, Terrence, Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎, page 562; 634: “GK *7ahq s `peccary'; LL+WM *7ahk s tortuga // turtle”

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