qʼequʼm

Kaqchikel

Alternative forms

• ꜫekum, kʼekuʼm, kʼekuʼn (obsolete)

Etymology

C.f. qʼëq (“black”).

Noun

qʼequʼm

1. darkness

Adjective

qʼequʼm

1. dark

References

• anonymous author (17th c.) Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche‎^[1] (in Spanish), page 574: “ꜪeKum. la obcuridad^[sic].”
• Brown, R. McKenna, Maxwell, Judith M., Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 242
• 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 54