tzʼunün

Kaqchikel

Alternative forms

  • tzꞌunun (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *tzʼuunuʼn.

Noun

tzʼunün (plural taq tzʼunün)

  1. hummingbird

References

  • Brown, R. McKenna; Maxwell, Judith M.; Little, Walter E. (2006), ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 257
  • Ruyán Canú, Déborah; Coyote Tum, Rafael; Munson L., Jo Ann (1991), Diccionario cakchiquel central y español[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 228