qʼan
Kaqchikel
Alternative forms
- ꜫam (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *q'a7aam.
Noun
qʼan
- stairs
- bridge
References
- Anonymous (17th c.) Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche (in Spanish), page 565: “Ꜫam. escalera o puente.”
- Brown, R. McKenna; Maxwell, Judith M.; Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 241