Pages that link to Vocabulario de lengua kiche / compuesto por el apostolico zelo de los M.R.P. Franciscanos de esta Santa Provincia del Dulcissimo Nombre de Jesus del Arzobispado de Guatemala Añadido por el mismo autor otro diccionario corto de varios vocabs. que faltaron:

Along with Tepepul, Tecum forms the ninth generation of the Kaweq lineage. Christenson (2007: 298n851) states that, “This [Tekum] is likely ‘enthroned’ based on the Nahua tecalli (throne, seat). Tedlock cites a Quiche dictionary compiled by Fermin Joseph Tirado in 1787 which lists tekum as a ‘large, black butterfly that flies with great speed’ (D. Tedlock 1996, 33 n. 195).” Similarly, Colop (214n385) notes that, “The name Tekum according to Ximenez’s dictionary, makes a reference to ‘certain cicadas’ and according to Tirado means ‘black butterfly.”