Yakolatam
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Anthropologist Allen J. Christenson (2007: 302) translates the name of the ninth lord of the Great Houses of the Nija'ib' lineage as "Corner of the Reed Mat." He notes in his explanation of Yakolatam Utza'm Pop Saqlatol (2007: 271n756), one of the offices held by leaders of the Nija'ib', that the name derives from Nahuatl terms yacatl (point, edge) and tam (leaves)." K'iche' scholar Sam Colop (2008: 196n334) traces a different etymology for the name, arguing that it derives from the root term yako or "arise."
El lingüista k'iche' Sam Colop (2008: 252n355) indica que el nombre del último señor de las nueve casas grandes de los Nija'ib', Yakolatam, se deriva del término yako o "levantar." Mientras Colop apunta un origen k'iche' del nombre, el antropólogo Allen J. Christenson (2007: 271n756) lo interpreta como un préstamo del náhuatl yacatl (punto) y tam (hojas).