A PRELIMINARY MAYAN ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Background to the preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary:
My life as a linguistic fieldworker in Meso-America .................... 3-21
by Terrence Kaufman
Introduction to “A preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary” ......... 22-50
by Terrence Kaufman and John Justeson
Mayan etymologies ................................................... 51-1535
by Terrence Kaufman
Kinship and social organization .................................... 51
Thought and feeling/perception and evaluation ..................... 140
Color ....................................................... 220
Body arts and other parts; bodily processes ....................... 241
Animal parts ...................................................... 388
Location .......................................................... 389
Earth ............................................................. 398
Sky ............................................................... 445
Fire .............................................................. 502
Water and Liquides ................................................ 532
Mammals ........................................................... 557
Birds ............................................................. 601
Reptiles .......................................................... 634
Turtles ..................................................... 634
Snakes ...................................................... 636
Lizards ..................................................... 641
Batrachians ....................................................... 644
Fish .............................................................. 648
Mollusks .......................................................... 652
Bugs .............................................................. 658
Speech and Interaction ............................................ 700
Play, Dance, Music ................................................ 743
Trade and Property ................................................ 759
Manipulation ...................................................... 800
Tools ............................................................. 924
Buildings ......................................................... 943
Furniture ......................................................... 953
Containders ....................................................... 971
Clothing and Adornment ............................................ 997
Agriculture ...................................................... 1031
Plant Parts ...................................................... 1041
Maize ............................................................ 1057
Beans ............................................................ 1073
Trees ............................................................ 1076
Palms ............................................................ 1115
Vines ............................................................ 1120
Herbs ............................................................ 1137
Grasses .......................................................... 1153
“Pineapples” ..................................................... 1160
Fungus ........................................................... 1166
Eating ........................................................... 1168
Taste ............................................................ 1226
Life and Existence ............................................... 1242
Movement ......................................................... 1274
Sickness ......................................................... 1323
Magic ............................................................ 1357
Quality .......................................................... 1368
Shape ............................................................ 1406
Quantity ......................................................... 1444
Numerals ................................................... 1451
Grammar .......................................................... 1505