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Yucatec Maya
Alternative forms
Etymology
tsíimin (“horse”) + kʼáakʼ (“fire”)
Noun
tsíimin kʼáakʼ
- (transport, railway) train
2011, Marga Beatriz Aguilar Montejo, “U x-waáyilo’ob X-Letra”, in T’aan: Narrativa, Poesía y Dramaturgia, Secretaría de Educación del Estado de Yucatán, page 79:Uts tin wich in wilik bix u tíip’il u ni’ le tsíimin k’áak’o’ tu chumukil k’áax nojoch ku yila’al.- I like to see the nose of the train when it appears in the middle of the forest, it looks big.
References
- Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 862: “TSIMIN KʼAAKʼ”
- Gómez Navarrete, Javier A. (2009) Diccionario Introductorio Español-Maya, Maya-Español (in Spanish), Chetumal: Universidad de Quintana Roo, archived from the original on 2010-10-11, page 177: “TSÍIMIN K’ÁAK’”