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Yucatec Maya
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *qʼahqʼ.
Pronunciation
Noun
kʼáakʼ
- fire
- smallpox
- measles
- cold sores
Verb
kʼáakʼ
- roast
References
- Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 112: “KʼÁAKʼ”
- Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 364: “KʼAKʼ”
- Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 171: “Viruêla. Kak.”
- Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 179: “Fuego. Kak.”
- Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 63: “kʼáakʼ”
- Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 164: “KAK: fuego, lumbre, hoguera. KAK: viruelas, granos ó erupucion pustolosa del cuerpo. | En punto: Kaak chumuc kin, medio dia en punto: antic.”