wakax
Q'eqchi
Derived terms
- wakax poop (“torito”)
Tzeltal
Yucatec Maya
Alternative forms
- uacax (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish vacas (“cows”), plural of vaca (“cow”). Cf. Classical Nahuatl huācax.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈwakaʃ]
References
- Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 240: “WAKAX”
- Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 907: “WAKAX”
- Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 177: “Rez. Uacax.”
- Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 82: “wakax”
- Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 370: “UACAX, UACAXIL, UACXIL: ganado vacuno y cualquier cabeza de él.”
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