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Kaqchikel
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *meebʼaaʼ.
Noun
mebʼaʼ
- orphan
- poor person
Derived terms
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 231
- 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 61