Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/haʼ

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

*haʼ

1. water

Descendants

• Achi: yaʼ
• Aguacateca: akʼ
• Akatek: jaʼ
• Ch'orti': jaʼ
• Chol: jaʼ
• Epigraphic Mayan: haʼ
• Itza': jaʼ
• Ixil: aʼ
• Jakaltek: haꞌ
• K'iche': jaʼ
• Lacandon: jaʼ
• Mopan Maya: jaʼ
• Tz'utujil: yaʼ
• Tzeltal: jaʼ, haʼ
• Tzotzil: ʼaʼ
• Wastek: jaʼ
• Yucatec Maya: jaʼ
• ⇒ Q'anjob'al: aʼej

References

• Brown, Cecil H., Wichmann, Søren (2004 April) “Proto-Mayan syllable nuclei”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 70, number 2, →DOI, pages 128–186: “*haʼ ‘water’”
• Kaufman, Terrence, Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], pages 552–553: “pM *Ha7, *r-Ha7-aal”