Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/kehj

Proto-Mayan

Noun

*kehj

1. deer

Descendants

• Kaqchikel: kej
• K'iche': kyej
• Yucatec Maya: kéeh

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: “*kehj ‘deer’”
• Kaufman, Terrence, Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], pages 583–584: “pM *kehj”