bʼalam

K'iche'

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *bʼahlam.

Noun

bʼalam

  1. jaguar (Panthera onca)

Kaqchikel

Alternative forms
  • balam (obsolete)
  • bʼala, bʼalma, bʼalo

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *bʼahlam.

Noun

bʼalam (plural bʼalamiʼ)

  1. jaguar (Panthera onca)

Derived terms

References
  • anonymous author (17th c.) Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche‎ (in Spanish), page 39: “Balam. tigre.”
  • Brown, R. McKenna, Maxwell, Judith M., Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 207
  • Ruyán Canú, Déborah, Coyote Tum, Rafael, Munson L., Jo Ann (1991) Diccionario cakchiquel central y español‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 9
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