räx

See also: rax

K'iche'

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɻaʃ/

Adjective

räx

1. green
2. blue
3. unripe
4. uncooked
5. leafy
6. humid

Related terms

• räx aqan (“green snake”)
• räx ch’aych’obinaq (“worn out; sore from hard work; severely afflicted”)
• räx ch’ich’ (“iron; steel”)
• räx che’ (“evergreen oak”)
• räx kab (“honey”)
• räx kinaq’ (“green beans; string beans”)
• räx no’s (“peacock”)
• räx q’or (“corn dough drink”)
• räx räj u wo ri kaj (“blue like the sky”)
• räx räj u wo ri q’ayes (“green like the grass”)
• räx tew (“malaria”)
• räx wa’choj (“grey”)
• räxarik (“to bruise”)
• räxarisaj (“to make green”)
• räxk’ux (“half-boiled; under-cooked”)
• räxkiaq’ab (“rainbow”)
• räxq’ab (“night dew; dew”)
• räxq’än (“act of turning green (from nausea or motion sickness)”)
• räxroj (“light green color; pale blue”)
• räxwäch (“black corn”)
• ulew räx (“moist earth”)
• -ya’ -ib räxq’än (“to become green”)

References

• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary