Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/bʼaʔtzʼ

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

*bʼaʔtzʼ

howler monkey

Descendants

Kaqchikel: bʼatzʼ
K'iche': bʼatzʼ
Lacandon: baʼatsʼ
Tzotzil: batzʼ
Yucatec Maya: baʼatsʼ

References

Brown, Cecil H.; Wichmann, Søren (April 2004), “Proto-Mayan syllable nuclei”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 70, number 2, →DOI, page 167 of 128–186: “*bʼaaʼtzʼ ‘howler monker’”
Kaufman, Terrence; Justeson, John (2003), A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], page 558: “*b'a7tz'”