qʼan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "qan"

Kaqchikel

Alternative forms

• ꜫam (obsolete)

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