Editing Mayan languages (section)

==Mayan loanwords==
A number of [[loanword]]s of Mayan or potentially Mayan origins are found in many other languages, principally [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[English language|English]], and some neighboring [[Mesoamerican languages]]. In addition, Mayan languages borrowed words, especially from Spanish.<ref name=Hofling2011>{{cite book|last=Hofling|first=Charles Andrew|title=Mopan Maya-Spanish-English Dictionary|year=2011|publisher=University of Utah Press|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|isbn=978-1607810292|page=6}}</ref>

A Mayan loanword is ''[[cigar]]''. The Mayan word for "tobacco" is {{lang|myn|sic}} and {{lang|myn|sicar}} means "to smoke tobacco leaves". This is the most likely origin for cigar and thus cigarette.<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cigar Cigar], Online Etymology Dictionary.</ref>

The English word "[[hurricane]]", which is a borrowing from the Spanish word {{lang|es|huracán}} is considered by some to be related to the name of Maya storm deity [[Huracan|Jun Raqan]]. However, it is more likely that the word passed into European languages from the [[Kalinago language|Island Carib language]] or [[Taíno language|Taíno]].<ref>Read & González (2000), p.200</ref>