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Tzeltal
Noun
xanab
- shoe
Yucatec Maya
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *xangabʼ.
Pronunciation
Noun
xanab (plural xanaboʼob)
- shoe
- sandal
Derived terms
References
- Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 248: “XANAB”
- Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 935: “XANAB”
- 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 180: “zapato: xanàb.”
- Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 83: “xanab”
- Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 99: “XANAB: zapato, alpargata; cualquier especie de calzado.”