caṉ
Francisco León Zoque
Etymology
From Proto-Zoque *kaŋ, from Proto-Mixe-Zoque *ka꞉hŋ.
Noun
caṉ
- any wild cat (jaguar, cougar, etc.)
Derived terms
- caꞌṉaju
- coꞌpojcaṉ
- moꞌchcaṉ
- møjacaṉ
- tzapascaṉ
- tzinucaṉ
References
- Engel, Ralph; Allhiser de Engel, Mary; Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 11