This derivation has been questioned, because the word for the heart in the other Maya dialects is different, and it has been suggested that this was but an example of "otosis," where a foreign proper name was turned into a familiar common noun. From Wordnik.com. [American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent] Reference
Saturday, November 29, 2003 ... and so Lily is diagnosed with can't-be-nice-otosis. From Wordnik.com. [Paranoid Pedestrian Ponderings] Reference
The inhalation of large quantities of fibre can cause asbes otosis which increases the risk of bronchial cancer. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
There is no reasonable doubt but that here again otosis and personification came in and gave the form and name of an animal to the original simple statement. From Wordnik.com. [American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent] Reference
Perhaps those common processes of language, personification and otosis, duly taken into account, will enable us to restore this narrative to its original sense. From Wordnik.com. [American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent] Reference
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