Nim Ch'okoj
Closely related to the Nim Ch'okoj lineage, Nim Ch'okoj, notes anthropologist Ruud van Akkeren (2001: 241), is "the name of an office. Each chinamit had a Nim Ch’okoj office. ... The three chinamit of Q’umarkaj-Utatlan were the ruling Kaweq, which consisted of nine lineages, the Nijaib’, and the Ajaw K’iche’." The nature of this office, however, is far from clear. Van Akkeren (2001: 242) explains, "Nim causes no problem: It means “great.” Tedlock derives the meaning of “Ch’okoj” from a gloss given by Ximénez: chocoh (wedding or banquet) (Ximénez 1985:200).