qʼojom

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Kaqchikel

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʛ̥oˈχom/, /ʛ̥oˈχon/

Noun

qʼojom

  1. drum
  2. musical instrument
  3. music

Derived terms

References

  • anonymous author (17th c.) Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche (in Spanish), page 581:Ꜫohom. el tambor, o atabal.
  • Brown, R. McKenna, Maxwell, Judith M., Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 242
  • 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 55

K'iche'

Noun

qʼojom

  1. percussion instrument, drum