Re: Dates of IE and A-A

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
wrote:

>
> 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.

>

Although not related to its etymology, tobacco makes people *sick*, not
only active smokers but also to passive ones, i.e. people who inhale
smoke from other people's cigarrettes.