Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/bʼaaq

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

*bʼaaq

bone

Descendants

Kaqchikel: bʼaq
Yucatec Maya: baak

References

Brown, Cecil H.; Wichmann, Søren (April 2004), “Proto-Mayan syllable nuclei”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 70, issue 2, DOI:10.1086/424553, pages 128–186: “*bʼaaq ‘bone’”
Kaufman, Terrence; Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎, pages 386–387: “pM *b'aaq, *u-b'aaq'-eel”

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