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Kekchi, n. and a.|ˈkɛktʃɪ|
Also Quecchi, Quekchi.
A. n. Name of an ancient people belonging to the Maya Empire, the modern descendants of whom now live in Guatemala. Also, a member of this people (ancient or modern); their language.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Kekchi or their language.
1823J. Baily tr. Juarros's Statistical & Commercial Hist. Guatemala ii. vi. 198 No one of the kingdoms of the New World has so many different languages as Guatemala, the following 26 being peculiar to it, viz. Quiché..Quecchi. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 760/1 Poconchi Group..Quekchi..Coban district, Guatemala. 1949E. A. Nida Morphol. (ed. 2) ii. 6 In Kekchi, a Mayan language of Guatemala. 1960R. C. Bell Board & Table Games I. ii. 89 This is another running-fight game played by the Kekchi Indians of Central America. 1964E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Transl. iii. 46 In fact, at one time some Kekchis in Guatemala asked the missionary not to attempt to explain the ‘truths of their faith’, for if such matters could be explained and understood, they would then ‘cease to be religion’. |