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Kaqchikel
Etymology
Calque of Spanish mariposa tigre (“tiger butterfly”).
Noun
bʼalam malax
- monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
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 207