ixim

Chol

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ixiʼm.

Noun

ixim

1. corn

Chuj

Chuj drawing of a woman holding corn

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ixiʼm.

Noun

ixim

1. corn

References

• Jessica Coon, Unergatives, antipassives, and roots in Chuj (2016), p. 27

Kaqchikel

Alternative forms

• ixin

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ixiʼm.

Noun

ixim

1. maize

Derived terms

• ixim pom
• Ixim Ulew
• Iximcheʼ
• ixin tulül

 

References

• Brown, R. McKenna, Maxwell, Judith M., Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 216
• Ruyán Canú, Déborah, Coyote Tum, Rafael, Munson L., Jo Ann (1991) Diccionario cakchiquel central y español‎^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 41

Q'anjob'al

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ixiʼm.

Noun

ixim

1. corn

Tzotzil

Alternative forms

• ʼixim

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ixiʼm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiɕim/

Noun

ixim

1. Indian corn

Inflection

possessive forms of ixim

indefinite possession
?
	singular	plural
		inclusive	exclusive
1st	kixim	kiximtik	kiximkutik (San Andrés Larráinzar)
2nd	avixim (Zinacantán)	aviximik (Zinacantán)
3rd	yixim	yiximik

References

• “ʔiš” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.