yahaw

Jakaltek

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *7aajaaw (“king, lord”).

Noun

yahaw

1. owner

References

• Church, Clarence, Church, Katherine (1955) Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano‎^[1] (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 21; 66