kʌkow

Lacandon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacao, from a Nahuan language.

Noun

kʌkow

1. cocoa bean
2. cacao tree (Theobroma cacao)

References

• Baer, Phillip, Baer, Mary, Chan Kꞌin, Manuel, Chan Kꞌin, Antonio (2018) Diccionaro maya lacandón (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 51)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 101