wakax

Q'eqchi

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vacas (“cows”), plural of vaca (“cow”).

Noun

wakax

1. cow

Derived terms

• wakax poop (“torito”)

Further reading

• Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [1]

Tzeltal

Noun

wakax

1. cow

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

• uacax (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vacas (“cows”), plural of vaca (“cow”). Cf. Classical Nahuatl huācax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwakaʃ]

Noun

wakax

1. cattle: bull, cow, etc.

References

• Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 240: “WAKAX”
• Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 907: “WAKAX”
• Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 177: “Rez. Uacax.”
• Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 82: “wakax”
• Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 370: “UACAX, UACAXIL, UACXIL: ganado vacuno y cualquier cabeza de él.”