atzʼam

Kaqchikel

Alternative forms

• atzʼan
• atzꞌan (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *aatzʼaam.

Noun

atzʼam

1. salt

References

• 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^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 8