wakax

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Q'eqchi

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vacas (cows), plural of vaca (cow).

Noun

wakax

  1. cow

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998)

Tzeltal

Noun

wakax

  1. cow

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vacas (cows), plural of vaca (cow). Cf. Classical Nahuatl huācax.

Pronunciation

Noun

wakax

  1. cattle: bull, cow, etc.

References

  • Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 240:WAKAX
  • Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 907:WAKAX
  • Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 177:Rez. Uacax.
  • Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 82:wakax
  • Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 370:UACAX, UACAXIL, UACXIL: ganado vacuno y cualquier cabeza de él.