Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/tzʼihbʼ

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

*tzʼihbʼ

  1. writing

Descendants

  • Ch'orti': tz'ijb'
  • Kaqchikel: tz'ib'
  • Epigraphic Mayan: tzʼib'
  • K'iche': tzʼib
  • Q'eqchi: tz'iib'
  • Lacandon: tz'ib'
  • Yucatec Maya: tsʼíib

References

  • Kaufman, Terrence; Justeson, John (2003), A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎[1], pages 56–57
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