baʼalcheʼ

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

• balchè (obsolete)
• balché (obsolete)
• baalché (obsolete)

Etymology

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Noun

baʼalcheʼ (plural baʼalcheʼoʼob)

1. wild animal

See also

• aalakʼ

References

• Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 35: “BAʼALCHEʼ”
• 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 176: “Animal. Balchè.”
• Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 51: “baʼalcheʼ”
• Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 14: “BAALCHÉ, BAALCHEIL: bestia, animal irracional.”
• Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 19: “BALCHÉ: animal, béstia. V. baalché.”