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guatemalteco

/ɡwatemalˈteko/

adjective/ɡwatemalˈteko/

Guatemalan (pertaining to the nation of Guatemala); Guatemalan (pertaining to Guatemala City); Kaqchikel (people); Kaqchikel (language)

Synonyms: guatemalense

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, equivalent to Classical Nahuatl *Cuauhtēmaltēcah (“people of Iximché”), from Cuauhtēmallān (“Iximché”). C.f. Guatemala.

noun, masculine/ɡwatemalˈteko/plural: guatemaltecos

Guatemalan (from the nation of Guatemala); Guatemalan (from Guatemala City); Kaqchikel

Synonyms: guatemalense, capitalino

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, equivalent to Classical Nahuatl *Cuauhtēmaltēcah (“people of Iximché”), from Cuauhtēmallān (“Iximché”). C.f. Guatemala.