< Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan
Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/waaj
 | 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
*waaj
- tortilla
Descendants
- Jakaltek: wah
- Tzotzil: vaj
- Yucatec Maya: waaj
- K'iche': wa
References
- Brown, Cecil H.; Wichmann, Søren (April 2004), “Proto-Mayan syllable nuclei”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 70, issue 2, DOI:, pages 128–186: “*waaj ‘tortilla’”
- Kaufman, Terrence; Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary, page 1199: “LL+WM+ *waaj”