Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/ʔukʼ

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

Etymology 1

Noun

*ʔukʼ

louse

Descendants

Kaqchikel: ukʼ, ükʼ
Yucatec Maya: ukʼ

References

Brown, Cecil H.; Wichmann, Søren (April 2004), “Proto-Mayan syllable nuclei”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 70, number 2, →DOI, pages 128–186: “*ukʼ ‘louse’”
Kaufman, Terrence; Justeson, John (2003), A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], pages 693–694: “pM *7uk' [2]”

Etymology 2

Verb

*ʔukʼ

drink

Descendants

Yucatec Maya: ukʼul

References

Brown, Cecil H.; Wichmann, Søren (April 2004), “Proto-Mayan syllable nuclei”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 70, number 2, →DOI, pages 128–186: “*ukʼ ‘to drink’”
Kaufman, Terrence; Justeson, John (2003), A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎^[2], page 1218: “pM *7uk' [1]”