bʼalam

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K'iche'

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mayan *bʼahlam.

Noun

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bʼalam

  1. jaguar (Panthera onca)

Kaqchikel

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mayan *bʼahlam.

Noun

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bʼalam (plural bʼalamiʼ)

  1. jaguar (Panthera onca)

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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
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