qʼaqʼ

See also: qaq

Kaqchikel

Alternative forms

• ꜫaꜫ, kʼakʼ (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *qʼahqʼ.

Noun

qʼaqʼ

1. fire
2. light

References

• anonymous author (17th c.) Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche‎^[1] (in Spanish), page 570: “ꜪaꜪ. fuego., o lumbre.”
• Brown, R. McKenna, Maxwell, Judith M., Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 241
• Ruyán Canú, Déborah, Coyote Tum, Rafael, Munson L., Jo Ann (1991) Diccionario cakchiquel central y español‎^[2] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 52

K'iche'

Noun

qʼaqʼ

1. fire, flame