ükʼ

Kaqchikel

Alternative forms

• ukʼ
• uꜭ, ucꞌ (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ukʼ.

Noun

ükʼ

1. louse

Derived terms

• rachäq ükʼ

 

References

• anonymous author (17th c.) Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche‎^[1] (in Spanish), page 525: “Vꜭ. piojos.”
• Brown, R. McKenna, Maxwell, Judith M., Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, pages 257, 258
• 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 228