Reconstruction:Proto-Mayan/me7b'aa7

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

Root

*me7b'aa7

1. bereft, lacking
2. poor

Descendants

• Western Branch
  • Proto-Ch'olan: /*meɓaʔ/ ("poor")
    • Chʼol Proper
      • Chʼortiʼ: nebʼaʼ (“bereft; poor”)
      • Chʼol: mebʼaʼ (“bereft; poor”)
    • Tzeltalan
      • Tzeltal: mepʼa (“bereft; poor”)
  • Qʼanjobalan
    • Chujean
      • Tojolabʼal: mebʼa (“bereft; poor”)
      • Chuj: mebʼa (“bereft; poor”), mebʼaʼ (“bereft; poor”)
    • Qʼanjobalan Proper
      • Qʼanjob'al: mebʼaʼ (“bereft; poor”)
      • Akatek: mepʼaj (“poor; bereft”)
      • Jakaltek: mebʼaʼ (“bereft; poor”)
    • Kotoke
      • Mochoʼ
        • Motozintleco: meebaaʼ (“poor thing”)
        • Tuzanteco: mebaaʼ (“bereft; poor”)
• Eastern Branch
  • Mamean
    • Mamean Proper
      • Tekitek: meebʼaʼ (“poor; bereft”)
      • Mam: meebʼaaʼ (“bereft”)
    • Ixilean
      • Aguacateca: mebʼaʼ (“poor; bereft”)
      • Ixil: meʼbʼa (“poor; bereft”)
  • Quichean
    • Uspanteko-Quichean
      • Uspantek: nibʼaʼ (“poor; bereft”)
    • Quichean Proper
      • Kʼicheʼ: mebaʼ (“poor; orphan”)
      • Sipakapense: mebʼaʼ (“bereft”)
      • Sakapultek: imebʼaʼ (“poor”)
      • Tzʼutujil: mebʼaaʼ (“poor; bereft”)
      • Kaqchikel: mebʼaʼ (“bereft; poor”)
    • Poqom-Q'eqchiʼ
      • Poqom
        • Poqomam: mebʼaaʼ (“bereft”); niebʼaʼ (“poor”)
        • Poqomchiʼ: nebʼaaʼ (“bereft; poor”)
      • Qʼeqchiʼ: nebʼaʼ (“poor; bereft”)

Derived terms

• Quichean
  • Kaqchikel: meb'ixh (“orphan”)

• Quichean
  • Poqomam: nieb'a7 winaq (“orphan”)

• Eastern Branch
  • Mam: mebʼayiil (“hunger”)
  • Awakatek: mebʼaʼiil (“hunger”)
  • Poqomchiʼ: nebʼaʼil (“hunger”)
  • Qʼeqchiʼ: nebʼaʼil (“hunger”)

References

• Terrence Kaufman, [1], pages 51-52
• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary