Re: Dates of IE and A-A

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 69728
Date: 2012-06-02

sik' actually means "to suck" in Yucateko, according to my Mayanist friends and smoking truly does suck. sik'ar is a "suck thing" as it were. There are related forms such as tz'ik- etc. in other Mayan languages.


From: Brian M. Scott <bm.brian@...>
To: dgkilday57 <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Dates of IE and A-A

 
At 4:38:35 PM on Friday, June 1, 2012, dgkilday57 wrote:

> Speaking of smoking, I have never been convinced that
> Spanish <cigarro> 'cigar' comes from an unidentified New
> World source.

The American Heritage Dictionary suggests Maya <sik'ar>,
from <sik> 'tobacco'.

Brian