qʼan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "qan"

Kaqchikel

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *q'a7aam.

Noun

qʼan

  1. stairs
  2. bridge

References

  • anonymous author (17th c.), Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche[1] (in Spanish), page 565:Ꜫam. escalera o puente.
  • Brown, R. McKenna; Maxwell, Judith M.; Little, Walter E. (2006), ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 241