Color and Texture in the Maya Language of Yucatan

The Maya language of Yucatan has only five basic color terms (?é&k' 'black', čak 'red, pink, orange, rust colored', k'áan 'yellow, orange', sak 'white', and yá?aš 'green'), but they appear in seventy-five compound stems that discriminat...

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Published in:	Anthropological linguistics Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 283 - 307
Main Author:	Bricker, Victoria R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington, IN Department of Anthropology and the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University 01-10-1999 Indiana University, Anthropology Department
Subjects:	Adjectives Colors Descriptive studies and applied theories Hair Language Lexicology Linguistic anthropology Linguistics Maya Mayan culture Plant roots Semantics Tzotzil Verbs Vowels Wool Semantic relation Anthropology Compound word Lexicology
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