bʼaq
Kaqchikel
Alternative forms
- bak, bꞌak (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *bʼaaq.
Noun
bʼaq
- bone
- needle
Adjective
bʼaq
- thin
References
- Anonymous (17th c.) Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche (in Spanish), page 38: “Bak. el hueso.”
- Brown, R. McKenna; Maxwell, Judith M.; Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 208
- Ruyán Canú, Déborah; Coyote Tum, Rafael; Munson L., Jo Ann (1991) Diccionario cakchiquel central y español (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 9