Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/bʼahlam

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

*bʼahlam

1. jaguar (Panthera onca)

Descendants

• Chol: bʼajlum
• Ch'orti': bʼajram
• Kaqchikel: bʼalam
• K'iche': bʼalam
• Lacandon: barum
• Tojolabal: bʼajlam
• Tzeltal: balam
• Tzotzil: bolom
• Yucatec Maya: báalam

References

• Kaufman, Terrence, Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], pages 594–595: “pM *b'ahlam”
• 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: “*bʼahlamʼ “jaguar””