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Could be Hebrew maqōm, “place, station, town, village” = Arabic maqām, also known from Syriac, Ethiopic and Phoenician with the same meaning; however the vowel shift is rather dramatic ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]], [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]], [[Joanne Hackett|JH]]). | |||
Perhaps from Mayan mo'-k'u'-um "macaw nest" (MW, JG).<ref>Erik Boot, ''A Preliminary Classic Maya-English/English-Classic Maya Vocabulary of Hieroglyphic Readings'' (2002), 59; Cecil H. Brown and Soren Wichmann, "Proto-Mayan Syllable Nuclei," ''International Journal of American Linguistics'' 70/2 (2004): 177. The -um ending is attached to words dealing with birds.</ref> | Perhaps from Mayan mo'-k'u'-um "macaw nest" ([[Mark Wright|MW]], [[John Gee|JG]]).<ref>Erik Boot, ''A Preliminary Classic Maya-English/English-Classic Maya Vocabulary of Hieroglyphic Readings'' (2002), 59; Cecil H. Brown and Soren Wichmann, "Proto-Mayan Syllable Nuclei," ''International Journal of American Linguistics'' 70/2 (2004): 177. The -um ending is attached to words dealing with birds.</ref> | ||
Cf. Book of Mormon [[JACOM]], [[CUMORAH]], [[CUMENI]], [[CUMENIHAH]], [[KUMEN]], [[KISHKUMEN]], et al. | Cf. Book of Mormon [[JACOM]], [[CUMORAH]], [[CUMENI]], [[CUMENIHAH]], [[KUMEN]], [[KISHKUMEN]], et al. | ||
Revision as of 09:32, 16 September 2011
| Lehite GN | 1. | City which was covered by water, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 9:7) |
Could be Hebrew maqōm, “place, station, town, village” = Arabic maqām, also known from Syriac, Ethiopic and Phoenician with the same meaning; however the vowel shift is rather dramatic (RFS, JAT, JH).
Perhaps from Mayan mo'-k'u'-um "macaw nest" (MW, JG).[1]
Cf. Book of Mormon JACOM, CUMORAH, CUMENI, CUMENIHAH, KUMEN, KISHKUMEN, et al.
Notes
- ↑ Erik Boot, A Preliminary Classic Maya-English/English-Classic Maya Vocabulary of Hieroglyphic Readings (2002), 59; Cecil H. Brown and Soren Wichmann, "Proto-Mayan Syllable Nuclei," International Journal of American Linguistics 70/2 (2004): 177. The -um ending is attached to words dealing with birds.
