halaw

Jakaltek

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *hahlahw.

Noun

halaw

  1. lowland paca (Cuniculus paca)

References

  • Church, Clarence; Church, Katherine (1955), Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano[1] (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 57; 20