mebʼaʼ

Kaqchikel

Alternative forms

• mebꞌaꞌ (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *meebʼaaʼ.

Noun

mebʼaʼ

1. orphan
2. poor person

Derived terms

• mebʼaʼil

 

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 231
• 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 61