Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/jooj
Proto-Mayan
Noun
*jooj
Descendants
- Aguacateca: joj
- Akatek: joo
- Chuj: joj
- Ch'orti': joj
- Ixil: joo
- Jakaltek: hoh
- K'iche': joj
- Mam: joj
- Mopan Maya: jo'jo'
- Q'anjob'al: joj
- Tzotzil: joj
- Yucatec Maya: joj
References
- Brown, Cecil H., Wichmann, Søren (April 2004) “Proto-Mayan syllable nuclei”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 70, number 2, , pages 128–186: “*jooj”
- Kaufman, Terrence, Justeson, John (2003) A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary[1], page 627: “pM *jooj”