qʼan

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Kaqchikel

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *q'a7aam.

Noun

qʼan

  1. stairs
  2. bridge

References

  • anonymous author (17th c.) Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche (in Spanish), page 565:Ꜫam. escalera o puente.
  • Brown, R. McKenna, Maxwell, Judith M., Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 241