Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/ʔaaqʼ

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

*ʔaaqʼ

tongue

Descendants

Ch'orti': akʼ
Itza': akʼ
Mopan Maya: akʼ
Yucatec Maya: aakʼ

References

Brown, Cecil H.; Wichmann, Søren (April 2004), “Proto-Mayan syllable nuclei”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 70, number 2, →DOI, page 166 of 128–186: “*aahqʼ ‘tongue’”
Kaufman, Terrence; Justeson, John (2003), A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], pages 386–387: “*7aaq' or 7a7q'”