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K'iche'
Etymology
Borrowed from a Nahuan language; compare Classical Nahuatl tenāmeh (“something walled”).
Noun
tinamit
- (Classical K'iche') fortified settlement, citadel
- c. 1554, anonymous, Popul Vuh, transcribed c. 1701 by Francisco Ximénez, trans. Allen Christenson:
xchicatiquiba vi oher tzih, vticaribal, vxenabal puch ronohel xban, pa tinamit quiche, ramac quiche vinac;- We shall begin to tell the ancient stories of the beginning, the origin of all that was done in the citadel of Quiché, among the people of the Quiché nation.[1]
- town, city
References
- ^ Christenson, Allen (2007) Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Maya: The Great Classic of Central American Spirituality, Translated from the Original Maya Text, University of Oklahoma Press