Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/bʼaaʼtzʼ

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

*bʼaaʼtzʼ

howler monkey

Descendants

Kaqchikel: bʼatzʼ
Lacandon: baꞌatsꞌ
Tzotzil: batzʼ
Yucatec Maya: baatzʼ

References

Brown, Cecil H.; Wichmann, Søren (April 2004), “Proto-Mayan syllable nuclei”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 70, issue 2, →DOI, pages 128–186: “*bʼaaʼtzʼ ‘howler monker’”
Kaufman, Terrence; Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎, page 558: “*b'a7tz'”

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