bʼaq

K'iche'

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *bʼaaq.

Noun

bʼaq

1. needle

Kaqchikel

Alternative forms

• bak, bꞌak (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *bʼaaq.

Noun

bʼaq

1. bone
2. needle

Adjective

bʼaq

1. thin

References

• anonymous author (17th c.) Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche‎^[1] (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^[2] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 9

Q'anjob'al

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *bʼaaq.

Noun

bʼaq

1. bone