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Where does “wabäj” come from?
wabäj (K'iche') comes from K'iche' abäj, from Proto-Mayan *ʔaʔbʼaj.
wabäj
(K'iche'): pebble
Definitions
pebble
Ancestry of “wabäj”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
K'iche'
abäj
stone, rock
2
Proto-Mayan
*ʔaʔbʼaj
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