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a word from vocabulary
Q'eqchi'
by
Søren Wichmann
and
Kerry Hull
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Word form
xam
LWT meaning(s)
the fire
the lamp or torch
Word meaning
fuego, antorcha
Word source
Sam Juárez et al. (1997)
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
proto-Eastern Mayan [34] (-1400–-1200)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
5. no evidence for borrowing
Comments
This was probably borrowed into Mayan, but presumably in proto-Eastern Mayan, before the languages belonging to this group split up. It may come from proto-Mixe-Zoquean *sam ‘to heat’.
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