bʼalam

== Kaqchikel == === Alternative forms === balam (obsolete) bʼala, bʼalma, bʼalo === Etymology === From Proto-Mayan *bʼahlam. === Noun === bʼalam (plural bʼalamiʼ) jaguar (Panthera onca) ==== Derived terms ==== bʼalam malax, bʼalamax Bʼalam Yaʼ === References === anonymous author (17th c.), Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche‎[1] (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[2] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 9 == K'iche' == === Etymology === From Proto-Mayan *bʼahlam. === Noun === bʼalam jaguar (Panthera onca)