bʼalam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "balam"

Kaqchikel

Alternative forms

  • balam (obsolete)
  • bʼala, bʼalma, bʼalo

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *bʼahlam.

Noun

bʼalam (plural bʼalamiʼ)

  1. jaguar (Panthera onca)

Derived terms

References

  • anonymous author (17th c.), Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche‎[1] (in Spanish), page 39: “Balam. tigre.”
  • Brown, R. McKenna; Maxwell, Judith M.; Little, Walter E. (2006), ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 207
  • Ruyán Canú, Déborah; Coyote Tum, Rafael; Munson L., Jo Ann (1991), Diccionario cakchiquel central y español‎[2] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 9

K'iche'

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *bʼahlam.

Noun

bʼalam

  1. jaguar (Panthera onca)
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