caṉ

Francisco León Zoque

Etymology

From Proto-Zoque *kaŋ, from Proto-Mixe-Zoque *ka꞉hŋ.

Noun

caṉ

1. any wild cat (jaguar, cougar, etc.)

Derived terms

• caꞌṉaju
• coꞌpojcaṉ
• moꞌchcaṉ
• møjacaṉ
• tzapascaṉ
• tzinucaṉ

References

• Engel, Ralph, Allhiser de Engel, Mary, Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 11