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Yucatec Maya
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *pahay.
Pronunciation
Noun
páay
- skunk
- Synonym: páay ooch
Derived terms
References
- Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 169: “PÁAY”
- Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 637: “(AH) PAY”
- Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 177: “Zorrillo galan, y hediõndo. Paay.”
- Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 263: “PAAY: un animalejo hediondo así llamado: el zorrillo. Una yerba cuyo olor es parecido al animal.”
- Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 271: “PAY: un animalejo llamado zorrillo ó hediondo. V. Paay.”