qʼij

Kaqchikel

Alternative forms
  • ꜫiꜧ, kꞌij (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *qʼiihng.

Noun

qʼij (plural qʼijaʼ)

  1. sun
  2. day
  • qʼij qʼij
  • qʼijobʼäl
  • qʼijul
  • ruqʼijul

References
  • anonymous author (17th c.) Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche‎ (in Spanish), page 576: “Ꜫiꜧ. el Sol, o el dia.”
  • Brown, R. McKenna, Maxwell, Judith M., Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 242
  • 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 54
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