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One of the first four K’iche' men and the founder of the Nija’ib’ division. Aq'ab' means 'night' and b’alam literally means ‘jaguar’ but as a title can describe something as ‘mighty, powerful’ (Christenson 2007:196n477). Hence, his name could be translated as “jaguar night” and “mighty jaguar.” According to van Akkeren (2003:121), however, “Aq’aab’ is just another name for the Q’eqchi people.” In Ximenez's Spanish translation, his name is conflated with Don Ikib’alam into don yqui Balam Acab as one name (Alvarez Arévalo 1987:41).