ahmak

Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ahmak.

Xa rumal achi ri [c] axto [c], tok xtole can ka tinamit, chi vuku ahmak, yx nu [c] ahol.

The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
Brinton maintains that the Quiche _ahmak_ means "the master of evil," referring to the owl, which is esteemed a bird of evil omen and bad fortune.

Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. Cyrus Thomas 1867
[c] haka ya, ha [c] a chi vuku ahmak tinban, xcha achi ri [c] axto [c] chique ahaua.

The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868