bʼalam

K'iche'

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *bʼahlam.

Noun

bʼalam

1. jaguar (Panthera onca)

Kaqchikel

Alternative forms

• balam (obsolete)
• bʼala, bʼalma, bʼalo

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *bʼahlam.

Noun

bʼalam (plural bʼalamiʼ)

1. jaguar (Panthera onca)

Derived terms

• bʼalam malax, bʼalamax
• Bʼalam Yaʼ

References

• anonymous author (17th c.) Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche‎^[1] (in Spanish), page 39: “Balam. tigre.”
• Brown, R. McKenna, Maxwell, Judith M., Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 207
• Ruyán Canú, Déborah, Coyote Tum, Rafael, Munson L., Jo Ann (1991) Diccionario cakchiquel central y español‎^[2] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 9