Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/kuhkay
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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
*kuhkay
Descendants
- Tzotzil: kukay
References
- Kaufman, Terrence, Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary, page 673: “pM *kuhka7y [diffused]”
- 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: “*kuhkay “firefly””