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Kaqchikel
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *ukʼ.
Noun
ükʼ
- louse
Derived terms
References
- anonymous author (17th c.) Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche (in Spanish), page 525: “Vꜭ. piojos.”
- Brown, R. McKenna, Maxwell, Judith M., Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, pages 257, 258
- Ruyán Canú, Déborah, Coyote Tum, Rafael, Munson L., Jo Ann (1991) Diccionario cakchiquel central y español (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 228