wächij

K'iche'

Etymology

wäch (“condition; appearance”) + -ij (“verbalizing suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋaˈt͡ʃʰiːx/

Verb

wächij

1. to produce (fruit?)
2. to appear

Related terms

• ilawächij (“to observe”)
• jalwächij (“to change; to exchange”)
• jalwächim (“changed; exchanged”)
• je -wächin (“to appear like; to look like”)
• junam -wächinik (“to be the same in appearance”)
• k’exwächij (“to represent”)
• k’utwächinik (“vision”)
• k’utwächinik (“to appear; to become manifest; to reveal; to imagine”)
• sibalaj -wächinik ri tikon (“to give a large crop”)
• wächibal (“appearance; representation”)
• wächibal abäj (“stone sculpture”)
• wächin riq’ij (“to shine”)
• wächinik (“fruit; harvest”)
• wächinik (“to give fruit; tree produces new sprout from root”)
• wächinik ri tikon (“to give fruit abundantly”)

References

• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary