ya’ kan(oq) -echbal
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K'iche'[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly ya’ (“to give”) + kan(öq) (“left behind”) + -ech (“for”) + balij (“to stuff; to load”)
Another possibility is ya’ (“to give”) + kan(öq) (“left behind”) + -ech (“for”) + bal (“nominalizer”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
- to pass on as an inheritance
References[edit]
- Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary