tsʼunuʼun

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *tzʼuunuʼn.

Noun

tsʼunuʼun (plural tsʼunuʼunoʼob)

  1. hummingbird

References
  • Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 235: “TSʼUNUʼUN”
  • Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 80: “tzʼunuʼun”
  • Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 436: “ƆUNUUN: chupa flor, ave.”
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