tinamit

tinamit

K'iche'

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; compare Classical Nahuatl tenāmeh (“something walled”).

Noun

tinamit

1. (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]

2. town, city

References

1. 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