Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/aatzʼaam

This Proto-Mayan entry contains reconstructed words 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

*aatzʼaam

salt

Descendants

Jakaltek: atzꞌam
Kaqchikel: atzʼam

References

Kaufman, Terrence; Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎, page 1240: “pM *7a7tz'aam”
Wichmann, Søren; Brown, Cecil H. (2011), “Syllable Nuclei of Proto-Mayan Disyllabic Stems”, in Avelino, Heriberto, editor, New Perspectives in Mayan Linguistics, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, pages 316–342: “*aatzʼaam”